Waymo CEO explains why Tesla's camera-only self-driving falls short
But camera-only is Tesla’s entire bet, and this was a direct shot at it. The sensor debate, from someone with 220 million driverless miles Dolgov made the comments in a talk at Y Combinator’s Startup School, walking through the lessons Waymo has learned building its driver over close to two decades. He put the sensor question on the table plainly: “there’s been a long-standing debate about what kind of sensors do you actually need for autonomous driving.” His answer draws the line that camera-only advocates tend to skip right past.
- ▪But camera-only is Tesla’s entire bet, and this was a direct shot at it.
- ▪The sensor debate, from someone with 220 million driverless miles Dolgov made the comments in a talk at Y Combinator’s Startup School, walking through the lessons Waymo has learned building its driver over close to two decades.
- ▪He put the sensor question on the table plainly: “there’s been a long-standing debate about what kind of sensors do you actually need for autonomous driving.” His answer draws the line that camera-only advocates tend to skip right past.
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