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Re:Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on... by Fricken on Saturday September 06, 2025 @07:51AM (#45148470)
At that time Lidar was too expensive and ugly to be putting in every car. Robust Lidar for SAE level 4 autonomous vehicles is still not cheap. Tesla's computers were hopelessly underpowered as well, but that has always been a less interesting subject for discussion.
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Re:Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on... by polishdude20 on Saturday September 06, 2025 @05:22PM (#45152958)
But that's what's needed. Tesla could have developed an effective and cheap lidar if they decided millions of their cars needed it.
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Re:Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on... by Fricken on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:59AM (#45157415)
Not too long ago there were over 5 dozen startups in the automotive grade lidar space. Lidar is now much cheaper and smaller, but still very conspicuous and still too expensive to be putting in every vehicle.
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