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Tesla is ditching radar, will rely on cameras for Autopilot in some cars

3 pointsby stikitalmost 4 years ago

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Someonealmost 4 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tesla.com&#x2F;support&#x2F;transitioning-tesla-vision" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tesla.com&#x2F;support&#x2F;transitioning-tesla-vision</a>:<p><i>“Beginning with deliveries in May 2021, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built for the North American market will no longer be equipped with radar.”</i><p>Removing the hardware rather than than just experimenting with software that doesn’t use radar seems quite a gamble, unless they already did those experiments.<p>But if they did the experiments, why do they also write <i>”All new Model S and Model X, as well as all vehicles built for markets outside of North America, will continue to be equipped with radar and will have radar-supported Autopilot functionality until we determine the appropriate time to transition those vehicles to Tesla Vision.”</i>?<p>That doesn’t make me feel they are sure this will work.