> Honest question, do you think a Tesla that doesn’t recognize whats in front of it to 100% should stop in the road? I saw this recently with Waymo and it staye

> Honest question, do you think a Tesla that doesn’t recognize whats in front of it to 100% should stop in the road? I saw this recently with Waymo and it stayed blocking traffic until a Waymo tech arrived then the car tried to drive away from the tech. This doesn’t seem like the better answer to me, but I don’t have one. Answer? Yes. A fully stopped car is a better option than a car that plows into a wall, barriers, or pedestrian. > Why can’t other companies make self driving software/hardware that a normal person can afford? All other options are insanely expensive and out of reach of anyone but millionaires. Not sure what you're talking about by "other options". Every other large company I know of is either 1) pursuing self-driving for ride-hailing services, or fleet operations or 2) still not shipping. But Tesla's aren't exactly cheap, and Tesla cars aren't exactly in the affordable range ($20k) of the working man. A Model3 is $50k with FSD. $60-70k with the performance/long distance versions, and Model S/X well over $100k. Perhaps you are talking about LIDAR costs and using the old $70,000 LIDAR system that Tesla originally put out FUD about. We all know that in mass manufacturing, the cost of LIDAR would fall, and it has, Velodyne has units that cost only $500 now. A fully enabled array of consumer Velodyne units, plus radars, and cameras, is going to cost pretty much on par with what Tesla is charging.