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> aren't all self-driving vehicles equipped with lidars

I believe Tesla has made a lot of noise about not using lidar.[0]

[0]: https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/03/tesla-ai-chief-explains-w...

In this context Tesla is not an example of a self-driving car I think, what was discussed was robo-taxis and I think all of them have lidar

Maybe at some point in the future, but Teslas aren't self-driving vehicles: you always need a driver in them, even (or maybe even: more so) in the case of FSD Beta.

I imagine these robotaxi vehicles would not have stayed on the road had they have had a safety driver in them :).

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