• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    2 days ago

    What’s mad is there are self-driving vehicles that do actually seem to work. There is even a few that have enough confidence to remove driving controls. But they use LiDAR, the one technology that musk refuse is to incorporate for some reason.

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        2 days ago

        That’s like saying that they’re going to cut the engine out of a car because it makes the car more expensive. Yeah but it also makes the car work.

        Self-driving without lidar is never going to work, and it’s likely to get them sued for releasing it like that.

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          Yes. That’s Tesla’s entire design philosophy: the industry standard is holding this piece on with 5 bolts? Do it with 3. Cut every corner.

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        I think an analogue version would be a taxi. Buses drive set routes I would hope that the self-driving car can go on all roads not just pre-selected ones.