That's likely closer to reality now, but that's not counting the cost for R&D to add it to the car, any additional costs that come with it besides the LIDAR hardware, plus the added cost to install it.

All of that combined is probably closer to $1k than to $140.

And, again, that's - what - 10 years after Tesla originally made the decision to go vision only.

It wasn't a terrible idea at the time, but they should've pivoted at some point.

They could've had a massive lead in data if they pivoted as late as 3 years ago, when the total cost would probably be under $2.5k, and that could've led to a positive feedback loop, cause they'd probably have a system better than Waymo by now.

Instead, they've got a pile of garbage, and no path to improve it substantially.