They dropped radar, not lidar. But apparently are bringing back a new and improved version with higher range and resolution. Last I heard it was supposed to ship in cars produced in Jan. They already filed the related FCC paperwork.
What happens to people who received cars without radar? Do they get retrofitted, or just keep using "full self driving" and hope for the best?
Dunno, mine had the Radar, I think it was disabled for awhile, and no idea what happens to my old radar when the new higher resolution radar becomes the standard.
It was Mobileye who dropped Tesla because Tesla was making claims Mobileye was uncomfortable with.
Regarding autopilot from 6 years ago? Please. Fast forward, Telsa has built their own neural chip and vision system that surpasses Mobileye in production and scale. And their new HW3 chip can do 144 TOPS. Let's get real, Tesla out innovated Mobileye with their own closed loop vision system at production scale.
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The 2016 mobileye summon feature worked. The current tesla smart summon feature is still in beta.
They've never had lidar and no.. self driving isn't "falling apart". You have no idea what you're talking about.
You're right. Things have to exist before they can be considered to fall apart.