{"id":46633,"date":"2025-03-17T14:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=46633"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:34:38","slug":"elon-musks-self-driving-technology-fails-against-industry-standard-lidar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/elon-musks-self-driving-technology-fails-against-industry-standard-lidar\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Self Driving Technology Fails Against Industry Standard LiDAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A YouTuber named Mark Rober put out a video comparing Tesla\u2019s camera-based Autopilot system to a LiDAR-equipped vehicle found shocking differences in how they handle obstacles\u2014especially in bad weather.<\/p>\n<p>The test put a Tesla Model Y and a LiDAR-equipped Lexus SUV through a series of challenges, including detecting child-sized mannequins, reacting to sudden obstacles, and driving in heavy fog and rain. The LiDAR-equipped Lexus performed well in all tests, while the Tesla struggled, particularly in low-visibility conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla relies only on cameras for its Autopilot system, avoiding sensors like LiDAR and radar. CEO Elon Musk has called LiDAR \u201cstupid, expensive, and unnecessary,\u201d arguing that self-driving systems should work like human vision. In contrast, LiDAR uses lasers to create a 3D map of the environment, helping vehicles detect obstacles even in tough conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Most self-driving companies combine cameras, LiDAR, and radar to improve accuracy and safety. Tesla remains committed to its camera-only approach, but this test highlights its weaknesses\u2014especially when visibility is poor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A YouTuber named Mark Rober put out a video comparing Tesla\u2019s camera-based Autopilot system to a LiDAR-equipped vehicle found shocking differences in how they handle obstacles\u2014especially in bad weather. The test put a Tesla Model Y and a LiDAR-equipped Lexus SUV through a series of challenges, including detecting child-sized mannequins, reacting to sudden obstacles, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,9],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-46633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-tech","category-todays-news","tag-top-story","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46637,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46633\/revisions\/46637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}