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Cameras are cheap, but, as I understand: 1) it's not cheap to produce lidars at a stable predictable quality in millions; 2) car driving training data sets fo
by nlitened 8mo ago
Cameras are cheap, but, as I understand:
1) it's not cheap to produce lidars at a stable predictable quality in millions;
2) car driving training data sets for lidars are much scarcer (and will always be much scarcer due to cameras' higher prevalence) and at a much lower quality;
3) combined camera+lidar data sets are even scarcer.
- afavour 8mo agoDoesn’t that make it a sensible long term play to equip your car with $200 LIDAR and start gathering that data as a competitive advantage?
- jeltz 8mo agoYeah, this is all about Musk not wanting to admit he was wrong.
- tzs 8mo ago1. Automotive LiDAR is down to $350 in China already. BYD is starting to put LiDAR in even entry level cars. (It's been in their mid and high end cars for a while). 2+3. BYD collects extensive training data from customers, much like Tesla does. They will have no trouble with training.
- Mawr 8mo ago> 1) it's not cheap to produce lidars at a stable predictable quality in millions; It wasn't cheap to produce accelerometers at a stable predictable quality in millions before smart phones either. Mass production shakes things up somewhat. See the headline for reference.