Elon Musk May Have Made a Huge Mistake on Full Self-Driving That It's Too Late to Correct
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Tesla is yet again in hot water with regulators over its decision to rely exclusively on cameras for its "Full Self-Driving" feature.

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.

    • Bezier@suppo.fiEnglish
      21·
      20 days ago

      I can honestly believe that he thought it’s gonna work. He knows fuck all about anything but he still makes his bad decisions with confidence and thinks he’s always right.

      • Nastybutler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        20 days ago

        I can almost guarantee there was at least one engineer who tried to explain why ditching LIDAR was a bad idea, and he ignored them.

      • Dave.English
        2·
        20 days ago

        Thought process goes like this:

        “What’s slowing us down, hardware-wise? These lidars are expensive and a pain in the ass. Let’s disrupt the status quo and ditch them and just use cameras. People drive around just fine with just stereo vision, after all. It might be hard but once we do it we’ll be way ahead of the competition.”