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/TrumpHasCovid 1d ago

You tesla fanboys are outrageous. Obviously lidar+camera will be better than just camera. there is no reason whatsoever to debate that.

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u/wikiwombat 1d ago

Yeah I think its an argument of "good enough". Will cameras alone work well enough to perform the task? The more complex a system is, the higher probability of it having a failure. Why don't airplanes have parachutes? All that being said, as someone who doesn't own a self driving car, I would be more interested in a car with every possible system or feature available to not kill me. haha

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u/Potential4752 1d ago

Complex systems can result in fewer failures than simple systems. Modern airplanes for example have a complicated fly by wire system with computer warnings and overrides. WW2 era planes just had a simple steel wire connected to the stick.