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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)

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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 (15 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] 29 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.

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