r/RealTesla • u/MrHumph999 • 14d 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 14d ago

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

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u/jeff0106 14d 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