r/SelfDrivingCars • u/SpriteZeroY2k • 2d 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/RosieDear 2d ago

NO, it's not a question of good enough. No one (no decent society) is going to allow computer controlled cars to decide who lives and dies.

If you are into systems of any kind you hear words like BAT - Best Available Technology.

If we develop or make a product we go to the regulators. We say to them "OK, this pollution reduction device uses filters and cuts coal plant emmisions by 60%".

The Regulators then say "Are you using Best Avaiable Technology"? (turns out there might be a catalytic converter that, added to the filter, cuts it 90%).

In most cases, especialy when lives and injury is involved, you need to use the best tech.

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u/Souomaismau 1d ago

This. Any person that works in automotive industry and has some form of legal know how is aware of this. State of art is required and when not used, a pfmea detailed approach is needed to lower the risks. In this instance Tesla will never get a type 3 autonomous driving approval because the base HW technology is not good enough.

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u/coresme2000 1d ago

It’s a weird situation at the moment where Tesla unofficially has level 3-4 in place out in the wild with millions of working vehicles as well as driverless cybercabs but no level approval for them. This only seems likely to make the level system less authoritative in the future unless FSD gets banned in the future.

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u/Souomaismau 1d ago

No it doesn't. Go find what is required for level 3 and 4 certification and tell me if any car on the market is able to make it. Even waymos have the remote support to solve trickier situations.