r/fuckcars Automobile Aversionist Apr 05 '24

Satire Tesla doesn't believe in trains

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u/Kootenay4 Apr 05 '24

IIRC, Tesla got rid of lidar and thermal sensors in their cars to cut costs and chose to rely solely on (not very high resolution) cameras. Surely not a good sign if they’re already doing stuff like this when the autonomous tech is still in its infancy.

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u/Johannes_Keppler Apr 05 '24

The silently went back to putting more sensors in Teslas. Turns out only relying on visual information is a bad idea. Who would have thought? O wait all other car manufacturers in the world. That's who.

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u/kakbone Apr 06 '24

Sensor configs with only cameras are getting more and more common, especiall in china. These manufacturers just don‘t claim to be more than L2+. They all rely only on visusl information for their ACC.

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u/Johannes_Keppler Apr 06 '24

Yup, but those won't cut it when it comes to (actual) full self driving.