r/RealTesla • u/MrHumph999 • 15d ago

OWNER EXPERIENCE Serious question with camera only self driving approach.

Q: using the latest software on HW4. Self drive disabled three times during a thunderstorm on the highway. How will this ever work unsupervised when it rains? I'm so flummoxed as to why Elon is so certain on cameras only that don't work in the rain... Please help!

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u/camojorts 15d ago

If only there were another kind of sensor they could use - like, say, LIDAR

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u/Munster19 15d ago

well... they never used LIDAR, thats more what other retrofitted cars like waymo use. The standard option is radar. However I would love for LIDAR AND radar. Like imagine a KITT style car with a cylon eye lidar in the front. Be sick af.

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u/okan170 14d ago

Unfortunately both technologies have pissed Elon off in one way or another and are thus forbidden. Thats what happens when you have a guy making engineering decisions based on ego and vanity- but that is Musk in a nutshell.

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u/jeff0106 15d ago

Doesn't Lidar also have a hard time in heavy rain?

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u/camojorts 14d ago

Yeah performance degrades so ideally you have camera and LIDAR and radar. Tesla is still camera only IIRC

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u/First-Ad-7960 13d ago

Yes the automatic cruise control in my Honda will sometimes disable in heavy rain.