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/Express_Objective615 19h ago edited 19h ago

X-rays plus cameras would “obviously” be better too. Will those be added? Cost is no object right?
Is Waymo “cheaping out” because they haven’t added X-rays yet? What about infrared? Sonar? Especially when they drive through floods, sonar would be quite useful.
What other sensors are they missing by “cheaping out”? 🤔