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Why did they remove radar?
by bordercases 5y ago
Why did they remove radar?
- brianwawok 5y agoLong term: Vision is better, and less prone to false errors (see all the talk of phantom breaking). I think it was on the way out by maybe 2022 Short term: Global chip shortage made supply tight, and it was either remove it and rush out with the no radar code branch, or stop shipping cars. Long term I think it's a fine decision, but short term it's kind of a big thing to rush.
- ketamine__ 5y agoDoes it give you pause that practically every other company pursing self-driving cars disagrees with Tesla?
- brianwawok 5y agoSure, in 5 years we will see what shakes out. I am not taking my entire savings and investing in tesla stock or anything. That said, i want a cool fast BEV that makes highway driving easier. Right now, Tesla is the only option. A few others are close. If someone else beats Tesla to FSD with another system, I will be happy to go that way on my next car. Working FSD is worth a lot to me.
- ffhhj 5y agoTo buy more bitcoins.
- zeusk 5y agolove react because HN only does upvotes. I feel like they're straying from their mission. They did really well with moving the market but now that the market is moving, I have a hard time believing Tesla will stay at the top.
- benhurmarcel 5y agoCost saving
- simondotau 5y agoIt's worth noting that Subaru vehicles have been doing vision-only adaptive cruise / lane keeping / emergency braking for many years, which they brand Eyesight. In my personal experience its adaptive cruise is as good or better than most other cars I've driven which use radar. (Admittedly the reasons why the Subaru impressed me was more for its programming rather than absolute precision. I liked how smoothly it transitioned between following and open road ahead. Much less jerky.)