The probe hones in on one of Tesla’s most eyebrow-raising decisions when it comes to its driver assistance package: the insistence on exclusively relying on camera sensors instead of LiDAR and radar like its competitors, which CEO Elon Musk has long derided as a “crutch.”

In 2022, the company went all-in on cameras, ditching ultrasonic sensors in its vehicles altogether — a decision that could prove to be a major mistake as it struggles to catch up with its competition and has now promised robust self-driving capabilities to owners who may lack the necessary sensor hardware.

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    6 days ago

    luckily we can do more than one thing at a time implementing where each makes the most sense.

    everyone keeps saying ‘no! its this one thing or dont bother!’ no, thats not how progress is made.

    im not arguing for tesla, tesla is objectively garbage.