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‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered (www.theguardian.com)

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After years of promising investors that millions of Tesla robotaxis would soon fill the streets, Elon Musk debuted his driverless car service in a limited public rollout in Austin, Texas. It did not go smoothly.

The 22 June launch initially appeared successful enough, with a flood of videos from pro-Tesla social media influencers praising the service and sharing footage of their rides. Musk celebrated it as a triumph, and the following day, Tesla’s stock rose nearly 10%.

What quickly became apparent, however, was that the same influencer videos Musk promoted also depicted the self-driving cars appearing to break traffic laws or struggle to properly function. By Tuesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had opened an investigation into the service and requested information from Tesla on the incidents.

Let me tell you how thrilled we all are to have a new hazard added to Austin streets.

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[–] Archangel1313 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"LIDAR is so lame! Who needs to be able to accurately map their surroundings, when our cars can get confused by a shadow passing across one of their lenses, just like humans do? It's so much more efficient to be blinded by fog, or low light conditions."

Moron Musk, for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Someone who thinks laser is lame is a huge moron. Case in point.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Other end of the scale: styropyro

[–] [email protected] 1 points 57 seconds ago

I keep insisting he'll kill us all one day, and it'll look freaking awesome for the milliseconds before we go blind then die in laser fire 😂