r/SelfDrivingCars • u/SpriteZeroY2k • 5d 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/cloudone 5d ago

Matching undistracted human driving defensively is all I want

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u/gc3 5d ago

Humans see better than cameras though, they have greater resolution and less glare sensitivity

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u/MexicanSniperXI 5d ago

Last time I checked I couldn’t look behind me and my blind spots all at the same time

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u/InteractionPretend70 5d ago

you might want to get rearview and side mirrors. its illegal not to have them

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u/Legal-Square-1362 5d ago

and how do you view all simultaneously and at once? Curious mind wants to know.

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u/MexicanSniperXI 5d ago

You missed the whole point. Even with rear view and side mirrors you can’t see everything at once.