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Elon Musk May Have Made a Huge Mistake on Full Self-Driving That It's Too Late to Correct. (futurism.com)

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The probe hones in on one of Tesla's most eyebrow-raising decisions when it comes to its driver assistance package: the insistence on exclusively relying on camera sensors instead of LiDAR and radar like its competitors, which CEO Elon Musk has long derided as a "crutch."

In 2022, the company went all-in on cameras, ditching ultrasonic sensors in its vehicles altogether — a decision that could prove to be a major mistake as it struggles to catch up with its competition and has now promised robust self-driving capabilities to owners who may lack the necessary sensor hardware.

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[–] elgordino@fedia.io 110 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

May? This has been obvious for ages. There are Waymo taxis doing a reasonable job now thanks to, at least in part, having appropriate sensors. The Tesla approach of just video is never going to cut it, especially in more hazardous weather conditions.

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

reasonable job

Waymos are giving 150,000 rides every week. To me that's fantastic.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are there any statistics about problems with these rides!

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There has been two software recalls this year. One in February because two cars hit the same truck within a couple of minutes, one in June because a car hit a pole at low speed.

Well, and they were honking at each other on the parking lot.

[–] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder how they compare to human drivers per mile driven.

[–] rizo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I still wonder if it he "attack surface" of a camera based system could be a "looney toons" approach... Painting a tunnel on a wall... 🤔. Does anybody know?

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not very informed on the subject but I would assume they use multiple cameras to use parallax as depth perception, which would most likely prevent that issue