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5. Apparently Waymo is far better engineered as a system than Tesla
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:09 AM
Jul 23

I recall that it uses lidar in addition to optical sensors. Elon refuses to use lidar. Only optical.

Many’s the time in the past when I begged for real radar to help me drive in pea-soup fog.

Optical sensors are a tiny bit better than eyes if they see infrared, in terms of bad driving conditions.

Planes and ships use radar and inertial navigation for a reason.

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