Category: Cars
1. Why Tesla Won’t Use LIDAR – Towards Data Science
Sep 1, 2020 — Lidar is a method of measuring distance by shooting lasers and detecting how much time they take to return. The idea is similar to Radar but (1)…
Jan 14, 2021 — According to an application with the FCC, Tesla has filed to use a new type of “millimeter-wave radar sensor.” We’ve seen the Tesla Model Y (2)…
Jul 3, 2021 — Tesla does not use lidars and high-definition maps in its self-driving stack. “Everything that happens, happens for the first time, (3)…
2. Elon Musk called lidar a ‘crutch,’ but now Tesla is reportedly …
May 24, 2021 — Tesla is testing lidar from Luminar in what could be a reversal of Elon Musk’s long-held animosity toward the laser sensor used for (4)…
May 25, 2021 — Teslas have used radar for some time. Radar, like LIDAR, gives you a very reliable distance measurement, and also a speed measurement, which is (5)…
Apr 25, 2019 — The researchers found that analyzing the captured images from a bird’s-eye view, rather than the more traditional frontal view, more than (6)…
3. Why Doesn’t Tesla Use LiDAR? | ProVsCons
So why doesn’t Tesla use LiDAR? According to Tesla and Elon Musk, it’s because LiDAR is expensive, redundant, unreliable. Tesla Cameras and its neural net (7)…
May 24, 2021 — Tesla bought lidar sensors from Luminar for testing, Bloomberg reported Monday. Elon Musk has called lidar technology “expensive,” “unnecessary, (8)…
4. Tesla Achieved The Accuracy Of Lidar With Its Advanced …
Aug 3, 2020 — One new technique Tesla’s AI team has built is called pseudo-lidar. It blends the lines between traditional computer vision and the powerful (9)…
Jun 2, 2021 — Tesla also said radar “plays an essential role in detecting and responding to forward objects.” Tesla does not use a more expensive lidar sensor (10)…
Tesla doesn’t use Lidar because it’s too expensive and bulky for consumer cars. Future Lidars will be dramatically cheaper and smaller, but Tesla wants to 9 answers · 40 votes: The working hypothesis of Tesla’s AutoPilot system is that there is plenty of information (11)…
May 26, 2021 — The news service noted that Musk has previously disparaged the use of lidar as a driver-assist feature. According to unnamed sources, (12)…
May 25, 2021 — Tesla vehicles that are delivered without radar will initially limit Autopilot, including the lane-keeping feature known as Autosteer. For a (13)…
5. ‘Anyone relying on lidar is doomed,’ Elon Musk says
Apr 22, 2019 — Tesla’s vehicle’s currently uses several sources of data to acquire autonomous driving: radar, GPS, maps, ultrasonic sensors and more. But not (14)…
Sep 14, 2020 — A Tesla Model S uses Autopilot self-driving feature with camera systems (no LiDAR). LiDAR. The use of LiDAR is not exclusive to self-driving (15)…
Instead, these will be the first Tesla vehicles to rely on camera vision and Does the transition to Tesla Vision affect Model 3 and Model Y safety (16)…
6. The iPhone Added Lidar Before Tesla | The Drive
Oct 14, 2020 — Some are choosing LiDAR to map out vehicle surroundings, while others have instead chosen to use vision-based systems to achieve the same (17)…
May 31, 2021 — It is important to realise, however, that Tesla uses its own vision technology. According to Sanjeev Sharma, LiDAR systems are more accurate (18)…
Tesla founder Elon Musk recently declared that LiDAR is a “crutch” for autonomous vehicle makers. The comment sparked headlines and raised eyebrows in the (19)…
Aug 23, 2021 — Another equally important factor contributing to Tesla’s vehicle crashes is the company’s choice of sensor technologies. Tesla has consistently (20)…
7. Elon Musk: “Anyone relying on lidar is doomed.” Experts – Ars …
Aug 6, 2019 — “Lidar is really a shortcut,” added Tesla AI guru Andrej Karpathy. “It sidesteps the fundamental problems of visual recognition that is (21)…
Aug 27, 2021 — Lidars use laser pulses to measure distances and render precise images of the environment around the car. Most self-driving firms, including (22)…
Jul 7, 2021 — We would talk in this paper further about how Tesla might have INTRODUCTION TO RADAR TECHNOLOGY RADAR unlike LIDAR does not use a light (23)…
8. Tesla test vehicle spotted with lidar leads to rumors … – Electrek
May 24, 2021 — If Tesla actually planned to offer FSD they’d likely have equipped their cars with LIDAR. It used to be expensive but it’s not anymore. While (24)…
May 24, 2021 — Tesla’s rumored use of LiDAR systems from Luminar on a Model Y crossover have shot the company’s stock upward. After a Model Y was spotted (25)…
Jun 3, 2021 — Recently, a consultant in the automotive industry spotted a Tesla with a LiDAR system and was later confirmed that Tesla is working with (26)…
9. Tesla tests Luminar lidar, a technology Elon Musk once derided
May 25, 2021 — A photo of a Tesla with a rack of lidar sensors from Luminar Technologies has set off speculation that the carmaker may start using the (27)…
Apr 27, 2021 — Tesla argues, as do others, that using a vision-based system with cameras can achieve the same awareness that a lidar system brings, but with (28)…
10. Most self-driving companies say this tech is crucial. Elon Musk …
Jun 18, 2019 — Tesla declined to comment on the debate over lidar, and the suggestion it would make Autopilot safer. “I like Elon, I like his spirit and I (29)…
Jul 16, 2021 — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been vocal in his criticism of lidar due to its high cost and has instead advocated for a “pure vision” approach.(30)…
Most companies are using LiDAR along with cameras and radar to train the machine Basically, instead of creating an entirely new vision system, Tesla is (31)…
Aug 12, 2019 — We at Scale AI felt inspired to use our computer vision training tools to At Tesla’s 2019 Autonomy Day, Elon Musk made headlines when he (32)…
Aug 19, 2021 — The lidar community believes their tech could have prevented these accidents and fatalities. Whereas Tesla’s Autopilot largely uses a camera to (33)…
How does RADAR work? How is RADAR used? RADAR vulnerability. Comparison of RADAR vs LIDAR. Advantages of LIDAR over RADAR; Advantages of RADAR over LIDAR.(34)…
Aug 20, 2021 — First they equip ordinary cars with lidar sensors — “light detection and ranging” devices that measure distances using pulses of light. As (35)…
Jun 2, 2021 — How does Tesla Vision work? Most car manufacturers use radar and lidar in addition to cameras as well. On the other hand, Tesla Vision (36)…
Musk noted that the update would be “pure vision, no radar” Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not a fan of LIDAR – the laser sensor used by many autonomous car (37)…
May 25, 2021 — Lidar sensors vs. radar and computer vision So far, Musk has turned to a 2D camera-based system to work on Tesla’s self-driving technology, (38)…
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(1). Why Tesla Won’t Use LIDAR – Towards Data Science
(2). Tesla’s Answer To Lidar? Company Applies With FCC For …
(3). Tesla AI chief explains why self-driving cars don’t need lidar
(4). Elon Musk called lidar a ‘crutch,’ but now Tesla is reportedly …
(5). Teslas With LIDARs And No Radars — Is It The Chip Shortage?
(6). Researchers back Tesla’s non-LiDAR approach to self-driving …
(7). Why Doesn’t Tesla Use LiDAR? | ProVsCons
(8). Tesla Is Testing Lidar Sensors, Which Elon Musk Has Criticized
(9). Tesla Achieved The Accuracy Of Lidar With Its Advanced …
(10). Explainer: Tesla drops radar; is Autopilot system safe? | Reuters
(11). Why don’t Tesla cars use Lidar like most self-driving … – Quora
(12). Tesla Model 3, Model Y Dropping Radar Sensors – Car and …
(13). Tesla is no longer using radar sensors in Model … – TechCrunch
(14). ‘Anyone relying on lidar is doomed,’ Elon Musk says
(15). LIDAR vs. Camera — Which Is The Best for Self-Driving Cars?
(16). Transitioning to Tesla Vision
(17). The iPhone Added Lidar Before Tesla | The Drive
(18). Did Elon Musk Take A U-Turn on LiDARs? – Analytics India …
(19). Elon Musk Is Right: LiDAR Is a Crutch (Sort of.) – AEye.ai
(20). Why the feds are investigating Tesla’s Autopilot and what that …
(21). Elon Musk: “Anyone relying on lidar is doomed.” Experts – Ars …
(22). Alphabet’s Waymo to stop selling lidar self-driving car sensors
(23). Lidar Vs Radar in Self Autonomous Cars – IJERT
(24). Tesla test vehicle spotted with lidar leads to rumors … – Electrek
(25). Tesla sends Luminar stock upward, but don’t expect Tesla to …
(26). Tesla’s Testing LiDAR Despite Elon Musk Calling LiDAR a …
(27). Tesla tests Luminar lidar, a technology Elon Musk once derided
(28). What Lidar Is and Why It’s Important for Autonomous Vehicles
(29). Most self-driving companies say this tech is crucial. Elon Musk …
(30). Tesla Places Big Bet on Vision-Only Self-Driving – IEEE …
(31). Why is Tesla Avoiding LiDAR? | Mindy Support Outsourcing
(32). Is Elon Wrong About LiDAR? – Scale
(33). Tesla Cars Are Crashing. But These 3 Lidar Stocks Are Ready …
(34). Lidar vs Radar: pros and cons for autonomous driving
(35). Tesla Sells ‘Full Self-Driving,’ but What Is It Really? – The New …
(36). Is Tesla Vision Better Than Radar? – MotorBiscuit.com
(37). Why Tesla isn’t using LIDAR for fully self-driving cars
(38). Could Tesla Start Using LiDAR? Apparently, It’s a Yes | IE
