While most self-driving car companies have been using a combination of computer vision and lidar sensors, Tesla has been a vocal champion for the pure vision-based approach to autonomous driving.
Driving a self-driving vehicle WITHOUT LIDAR is non-optimal.
Ever tried to drive when it is so foggy that you cannot see 100 feet?? - THAT is where LIDAR is needed.
Driving a self-driving vehicle WITHOUT LIDAR is non-optimal.
Ever tried to drive when it is so foggy that you cannot see 100 feet?? - THAT is where LIDAR is needed.