Instead ask: "In good weather, can LIDAR-less systems match the safety of LIDAR?" The answer is "not yet"
Until LIDAR-less systems can match the safety of LIDAR they will simply be banned from the roads, or limited to certain situations such as rainy weather.
Regulators, politicians and society will not allow Tesla to operate a system which in good weather has a much higher accident rate than is necessary - and they will not accept "cost reasons" as a valid excuse for not installing a LIDAR.
Laws are frequently named after a single child who died.
Instead ask: "In good weather, can LIDAR-less systems match the safety of LIDAR?" The answer is "not yet"
Until LIDAR-less systems can match the safety of LIDAR they will simply be banned from the roads, or limited to certain situations such as rainy weather.
Regulators, politicians and society will not allow Tesla to operate a system which in good weather has a much higher accident rate than is necessary - and they will not accept "cost reasons" as a valid excuse for not installing a LIDAR.
Laws are frequently named after a single child who died.