Musk says Lidar is why Tesla Robotaxi isn't running at night
cisc · hn · 2026-10-04
According to Electrek, Musk explained that Tesla's Robotaxi isn't operating at night, and the answer involves adding Lidar — a striking reversal for a company that long bet on vision-only autonomy and publicly dismissed lidar. The report and the HN discussion focus on whether Tesla is effectively admitting its camera-only stack needs sensor redundancy for low-light conditions.
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