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Tesla Model 3 and Y vehicles will no longer be equipped with radar for Autopilot
- caseyf7 5y agoEven though models S and X will continue to have radar sensors, software development that uses those sensors has probably stopped.
- BugsJustFindMe 5y ago> eight cameras embedded in each car (and 12 ultrasonic sensors) So presumably emergency braking will still at least use ultrasonics?
- iancarroll 5y agoEmergency braking requires quite a bit of range, which ultrasonic sensors on these vehicles definitely cannot replace. They can probably see 10 feet in front of themselves at most; any reaction would be way too late.
- jlawer 5y agoIs this really a "We don't need radar anymore" or a "we can't possibly get enough radar components (at the price we want for margins), so we are going to switch earlier then hoped"?
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- perl4ever 5y agoI'm guessing this is a "what could possibly go wrong??"
- yuppie_scum 5y agoSubaru has a pretty good lane keep (eg autopilot) functionality that relies on cameras only. So does Volvo.
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- rasz 5y agoWho needs radar when you have center mounted monocular vision system ... :(
- vardump 5y agoSo pretty much the same as humans. Our depth perception doesn't extend very far, so when we're driving, we're not really relying on our stereo vision.
- jaak 5y agoLooks like Tesla has deleted their old blog post about how great their radar is! https://web.archive.org/web/20210418114757/https://www.tesla.com/blog/upgrading-autopilot-seeing-world-radar https://web.archive.org/web/20210418114757/https://www.tesla...
- omar_kha 5y agoIt also mentions how bad image only systems are such as handling reflective surfaces etc.