Tesla already has RADAR. Why would they need LIDAR?
The issue isn't with the sensors, but rather the system reacting to sensor data.
The issue isn't with the sensors, but rather the system reacting to sensor data.
The stuff the DoD buys (or was buying a decade ago) is good enough to tell two basically identical tractor trailers apart based on minor features, dents/dings, etc.
As the long slow march of progress continues it may come down in cost enough to be viable on vehicles.
As I understand it it's the algorithms that analyze the radar data that are the secret (literally) sauce. I didn't work on any of that. I just plumbed various data from A to B. I don't know much other than it was really damned good for being "legacy" at the time I was working there.
So yes.