Elon Musk on why you don't need LiDAR in cars

Elon Musk on why you don't need LiDAR in cars: “The road system was not designed for shooting lasers out of your eyes.”
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David Faber: “Waymo has 28 cameras, they've got LiDAR and radar. You've had a different approach. Eight to nine cameras and the neural network. Why do you feel that that is going to be the equivalent in terms of safety profile?”
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Elon: “Oh, I think it'll be better. Because the way that the road system is designed is for AI. It's basically, I should say it's for intelligence, biological neural net and eyes. So what will actually work best for the road system is artificial intelligence, digital neural nets and cameras. And we also have the microphones so the car can hear emergency vehicles, that kind of thing.
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That's how the whole road system is designed. It's not designed for shooting lasers out of your eyes. And what we found is that when you have multiple sensors they tend to get confused. So, do you believe the camera or do you believe the LiDAR? And if you get confused, that's what can lead to accidents. So it wasn't about expense”
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CNBC Interview with David Faber, May 20, 2025

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