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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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Tesla Autopilot drives into Wile E Coyote fake road wall in camera vs lidar test (electrek.co)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tesla Autopilot drove into Wile E. Coyote-style fake road wall in the middle of the road in a camera versus lidar test.

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 month ago (5 children)

While most companies developing self-driving technologies have been using a mix of sensors (cameras, radar, lidar, and ultrasonic), Tesla insists on only using cameras.

The automaker removed radars from its vehicle lineup and even deactivated radars already installed in existing vehicles.

I did not know about this. I thought they were also using a mix of sensors, since they originally were. But they stopped putting them in new ones and even disabled them on vehicles that already had them?!

This is some next level stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A while ago people called Musk out on only using cameras when better options existed(for reasons exactly like this one), and he had a little tanty about it like the normal adult man he is. I have no doubt turning off existing radar features is a spiteful move because he got his feelings hurt.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah this is the reason Tesla is massively overvalued. Self drive tech won't be coming from Tesla because Musk interfered and told his engineers to remove lidar.

Musk is nothing but an investor but he believes his own nonsense about being a genius. He made some good bets but he also made some bad ones (Twitter being one) and Tesla is not going to justify irs crazy shareprice. Even having fallen 50% from peak it is way overvalued.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

All true, but I think Twitter was a “good” bet. He controls a surprisingly large amount of the media landscape now and it got his bff rapist in chief elected.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

RADAR*

he also made some bad ones (Twitter being one)

He paid $44M and it made him >$100B richer, it seems like a smart bet to me.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

Anywhere Tesla can cut corners and save money, they do. The real reason they don't use it is lidar is expensive but lying about self driving is free.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why have more data when you can crash through walls with less data?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It's fine... If you're a road runner and not a coyote. Meep meep!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Now imagine what the boy genius is doing for the us govt.