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Waymo is now valued at a staggering $45 billion (electrek.co)
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[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Waymo chose the more expensive but easier option, but it also limits their scope and scalability.

I don't buy it. The lidar data is useful for training the vision models, so there's plenty of reason to believe that Waymo can solve the vision issues faster than Tesla.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Tesla uses lidar to help calibrate and validate the vision as well, it's just not needed on the consumer vehicles to do that part.

You'll occasionally see people post photos of them though.

Edit: just to clarify, it's helpful to ensure things match, but once your confident it matches, it's not something every vehicle needs, it's just something you need to keep an eye on with some test vehicles. Waymo is completely reliant on the lidar though as it's used as a primary sensor, but yes it can also help validate their future vision.