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Waymo Reaches 150k Autonomous Rides Per Week Milestone While Tesla FSD Lags Behind (futurism.com)

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

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"While Waymo is now providing over 150,000 autonomous rides every week, Tesla still has a long way to go until its controversial "Full Self-Driving" software is ready for the EV maker's competing robotaxi service.

Just this week, a Tesla driver plowed through a deer without even a hint of slowing down with the $8,000 add-on feature turned on, and another smashed into someone else's car when its owner employed its Summon feature."....

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

LIDAR isn't even that expensive.

Even my cheap chinese vacuum cleaner has it.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago

LIDAR isn’t even that expensive.

Even my cheap chinese vacuum cleaner has it.

I bet it's got 'vacuum-grade' granularity, and not '2 tons at 50mph approaching some trick-or-treaters' kind of granularity required.