Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact
by dzdt on Monday August 27, 2018 @03:34PM
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The other self-driving efforts seem to believe that additional sensors are required, whereas Tesla is sticking to camera-only solutions. If Tesla is wrong in this, they are not well-positioned to follow as a second mover.
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Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact
by erikpukinskis on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @12:34AM
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No, Tesla has cameras and sonar.
And Comma.ai is cameras only, so it’s not fair to say all the others believe LIDAR is necessary.
Also, just because someone has LIDAR on their test rig, that doesn’t mean they think it’s necessary for production vehicles. They could just be using it for validation. They also might start off using it, and wean themselves off as they progress through development.
Waymo I believe had explicitly said they think LIDAR is needed but I haven’t heard anyone else say that explicitly.
Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact
by deepnotderp on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @03:07PM
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Oh good, joke #2 agrees with joke #1.
The last major Tesla crash in California was a clear situation where LIDAR would've prevented a crash and yet the Tesla team continues to insist that cameras and radar (sonar really doesn't help much...) are all that is needed.