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Re:Waymo is opening its driverless service to more people in... by kanwisher on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:24AM (#24728185)
Lidar requires accurate maps, using vision allows Tesla to drive on roads its never seen
Re:Waymo is opening its driverless service to more people in... by gbronner on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:25PM (#24731499)
You can use both if you want to. Tesla went with cameras only because they thought Lidar was too expensive.

Not having lidar has directly caused a bunch of autopilot crashes, so I expect they'll add it.