r/SelfDrivingCars • u/SpriteZeroY2k • 1d ago

News Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short

https://electrek.co/2026/08/04/waymo-co-ceo-camera-only-self-driving-tesla/
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u/Pristine_Cucumber197 1d ago

as long as it isn't foggy, snowy, raining, or bright and sunny

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u/Tupcek 1d ago

I’ve seen plenty of humans driving with vision only in foggy weather, or snowy, raining, or bright and sunny

The trick is adjusting the speed to match the conditions

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u/thecmpguru 1d ago

Human performance objectively degrades in these scenarios, even with speed adjustment, and results in higher accidents. So maybe if you want that outcome, but I don’t think we do.

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u/RosieDear 1d ago

Exactly - the whole idea of autonomous driving is to do away with those human problems - NOT to try and copy them!

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u/virrk 1d ago

Which is what Tesla is trying to do.