LIDAR will make this system inoperable in rain and snow. The vision has to be good enough to handle this type of situations with acceptable error rate. Also,

LIDAR will make this system inoperable in rain and snow. The vision has to be good enough to handle this type of situations with acceptable error rate. Also, sensor fusion is difficult - LIDAR does not see colors, Radar is just weird. Adding more complexity will eliminate some bugs, and result in new bugs.