Tesla Makes Either a Visionary or Foolish Choice To Drop Radar
Tesla ditching its radar system supporting Autopilot and maybe FSD and replacing it with the video camera only Pure Vision has people nervous in the automotive industry. Is Tesla's Choice to drop radar visionary or foolish? Torque News EV commentator Dean McManis thinks that Tesla may be looking to lower cost and complexity on its electric vehicles, but the rumor of radar sensor shortage may be at the heart of the decision to change now. Here is Dean McManis in his own words.
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I would like to imagine that Tesla is doing this move to "Pure Vision" because they are confident in it's accuracy to not need the duplication of sensors to provide excellent automated driving capability. But I worked for years in developing vehicle and object tracking systems, and there were several conditions and instances where cameras alone failed to properly "see" objects and vehicles.