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Elon Musk Suddenly Realizes That Teslas With "Self-Driving" Computers May Never Be Able to Actually Self-Drive (futurism.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by VantaBrandon@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"Translation: all the times Tesla has vowed that all of its vehicles would soon be capable of fully driving themselves may have been a convenient act of salesmanship that ultimately turned out not to be true."

Another way to say that, is Tesla scammed all of their customers, since you know, everyone saw this coming...

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[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They were on the path of self driving cars till Musk pulled the plug on the LiDAR and opted for cameras (cost less). He is directly responsible for why autopilot isn’t so auto.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And, since it's a car and not a plane, also not so pilot.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

It’s not a boat either, so no pilot x2.

[–] III@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago

To be fair, the LiDAR was primarily used for parking. Still a stupid decision to remove it. There were plenty of values it provides...but those cars were never going to drive themselves even if they did have LiDAR.