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> If you have access to LIDAR and RADAR, why not use them? I think LIDAR is a very expensive part (~$10,000). Also, it is difficult to integrate with the car's
by perryizgr8 6y ago
> If you have access to LIDAR and RADAR, why not use them?
I think LIDAR is a very expensive part (~$10,000). Also, it is difficult to integrate with the car's design such that it does not make the car ugly. Tesla probably does not want to do a separate self-driving testing fleet, instead they want to use the existing Teslas on road to get training data. So they cannot use LIDAR in all cars sold to users.
I am sure if fully functional LIDAR units magically start selling for $100-$500 Tesla will start using them.