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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by rightbyte on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @07:10AM (#35355447)
Lidar's are excellent at verifying that the 3d model map is correct. E.g. a perpendicular semitruck with trailer on the road.

For item recognition the resolution gets low quick though with range.

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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by simondotau on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @08:38AM (#35356350)
You're right, that's something LIDAR is definitely ideal for, but again, Tesla's vision stack is doing just fine here, when observing other people's use of FSD beta.
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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by flutas on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:10PM (#35360153)
> Lidar's are excellent at verifying that the 3d model map is correct.

IIRC Tesla does use LIDAR in their test vehicles to measure the ground truth of their 3D model maps. They just don't do that with every single car on the road.

Examples:

https://twitter.com/gbrulte/status/1395356317410287617

https://electrek.co/2020/06/29/tesla-spotted-testing-prototy...

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