Tesla Commits to Camera Only Self-Driving in Future, Abandoning LIDAR

Ricky S  ·  5 min read Tesla Commits to Camera Only Self-Driving, Abandoning LIDAR Elon Musk has been a critic of LIDAR technology, pushing instead for camera only self driving powered by AI Tesla included a self-driving technology component in its July update, demonstrating the company's commitment to a big gamble that it can provide autonomous vehicles using only cameras. Despite advances in vision-based self-driving technology, experts warn it still confronts significant challenges. Tesla released version 9 of its "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) software in July, which allows Tesla vehicles to operate independently to a limited extent. Since last October, a restricted set of drivers has been in beta testing with the package, which is… Read more

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