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My bet is on cost. It's the stated reason not to use lidar and it only makes sense to apply to radar (not knowing the cost of a radar sensor compared to camera
by Pyramus 5y ago
My bet is on cost. It's the stated reason not to use lidar and it only makes sense to apply to radar (not knowing the cost of a radar sensor compared to camera - please share if you do).
Elon may not be a great engineer but he is a genius businessman in many aspects so that would also make sense.
- phpnode 5y agoI'm sure aesthetics play a large role too, lidar is not only costly, it's bulky and ugly. To a layman the sole reliance on cameras seems like one of Tesla's biggest mistakes.
- enriquto 5y ago> lidar is not only costly, it's bulky and ugly. This is quite subjective. My opinion is not very representative, but I for one find teslas horrifically bulky and ugly (and most other cars, in fact). They all look like gigantic broken eggshells. On the other hand, a lidar rig looks very cool.
- baybal2 5y agoImaging radars are way more expensive than cameras, but the type useful in the most basic collision avoidance costs just few dollars. There is no reason to not to have them in a car priced $100k, even just as a failsafe backup to the videocamera. In the future though, mass produced single chip radars have all the chances to beat every other sensing method on cost.