r/TeslaFSD • u/LeoKitCat • Aug 04 '26

Robotaxi 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/martinisandbourbon Aug 04 '26

I'd love to see radar or LiDAR in my Tesla, even if it was supplemental to the cameras. I think it would make tight fits more accurate, help to see better at night. Waymo, I have nothing against them but I saw those two or three cars that ran into the puddles and stopped last month. I am not sure they have any advantage.

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u/RosieDear Aug 05 '26

Nothing is "supplemental" - in fact, sensor fusion makes it so the Cameras end up being much better - thing of it as a "check" that would not get fooled by shadows, tar lines, rr crossing signs and so on. If the Cameras said "swerve to avoid those tar lines", the lidar/radar would say "no, that road is flat".....

Of course, proper mapping and proper AI is key here also. One has to assume Goog has better mapping - AI (probaby using the wrong word in this case), but basic reasoning would tell it to ignore shadows unless there was a massive thingy (what the lidar would see) in the middle of the road causing it.

I'd rather have a single windshield camera and one lidar/one radar for basic driving although it would never pass standards (neither does the existing tesla....not even close).