Austin downpour halts LiDAR-based Waymo, camera-only Tesla robotaxis keep running
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-03
Heavy rain in Austin exposed a real-world divergence between robotaxi approaches: Waymo, which relies on LiDAR that degrades in rain, suspended operations, while Tesla's camera-only robotaxis kept picking up rides, briefly monopolizing local autonomous service.
The moment highlights how the two sensor strategies behave differently in bad weather — LiDAR suffers from rain scattering, while vision-only systems are less directly affected, though their safety margins remain debated.
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