This claim is just as false as the one about Tesla having had a falling out with their “LIDAR supplier”. Elon has explained many times why he considers LIDAR,

This claim is just as false as the one about Tesla having had a falling out with their “LIDAR supplier”. Elon has explained many times why he considers LIDAR, while useful for things like docking to the Space Station, to be a fool’s errand for self driving cars.