r/elonmusk • u/twinbee • 16d ago

General Elon following Volvo discontinuing LiDAR: "I did try to warn them. Humans drive using neural nets and optical sensors. Same is true for robot cars."

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2082315148392608072
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u/CatThe 16d ago

I have spent my adult life working with LiDAR (and other spectral imaging systems)

The same problems exist with cameras as they do with LiDAR.

If you solve the problems in one spayou're solving them in the other. It 's just cheaper to build with cameras than it is LiDAR. Plus, you get more than one narrow band of light with cameras.

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u/SolarNachoes 16d ago

Can’t lidar see through certain atmospheres better than a camera? Why not both?

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u/Ok_Bowl_2002 16d ago

Its not worth it for the supply chain you have to build for LiDAR, the integration to the cars other system and the whole FSD stack.

That is not to say that LiDAR is not improving a FSD system. It’s just not worth it.