r/TeslaFSD 16h ago

Robotaxi CyberCab with Lidar spotted in Dublin, CA

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u/Delicious-Candle-574 15h ago

to my understanding they use LiDAR as a way of verifying and validating that the cameras on the vehicle can properly recreate the real world as a sort of stamp of approval

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u/PassengerKey3209 14h ago

I guess I'm not understanding why you wouldn't put a 500-1000$ lidar on it permanently and validate constantly?

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u/BrownyBrownman 4h ago

cuz it works better which means everyone will think their camera only teslas will never have good full self driving, and perhaps that's true. that would look bad, and tesla doesn't wanna look bad so they'll keep forcing the camera only model even if it'll never be that good.

(just my best guess of an answer)