🌍✨ Musk explains why Tesla Robotaxi is not running at night, and lidar is the answer
Why we’re watching: Elon Musk says the main thing holding back Tesla Robotaxi’s night hours is that the cars have a hard time seeing pets in the dark.
His example was “grey kittens on grey tarmac.” That’s a low-light, low-contrast detection problem, which is the textbook weakness of cameras and the exact thing lidar and radar handle. 💚
Musk has spent years calling those sensors a “crutch” and a “fool’s errand.” more…
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- 📌 Key signal: Elon Musk says the main thing holding back Tesla Robotaxi’s night hours is that the cars have a hard time seeing pets…
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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Electrek.