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A comment on Waymo's collision avoidance testing. Parent comment

Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing by moonchrome on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:24PM (#33988729)
Tesla already sold self driving for years - waymo uses way more sensors than a camera from what I can tell - not only would that bump unit cost they would probably have to upgrade previous customers due to their marketing.
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Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing by someotherperson on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @02:37PM (#33988964)
> not only would that bump unit cost they would probably have to upgrade previous customers due to their marketing.

Only if they don't change they name. They can call it an upgraded RealDrive™ QuantumSense™ feature that no longer requires having your hands on the wheel.

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Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing by misiti3780 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:13PM (#33989685)
and fuck with the aerodynamics - causing drag on the cars, decreasing range.

LIDR isnt an option.

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Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing by cycomanic on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:51PM (#33990361)
That highly depends on the lidar system. All players are working a lot on minaturizing LIDAR systems and they fundamentally don't have to be as big as the waymo systems.
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