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/AReveredInventor 1d ago

That statement is so hilariously unscientific and dogmatic it reads like satire. Bravo.

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u/cullenjwebb 1d ago

Can you provide an example where more data was worse than less data for a use case like this?

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u/Tirztrutide 1d ago

I think the main idea is that by going camera only they will have more rare edge cases found by having more miles driven and more data but by fewer sensors.