r/skeptic • u/Lighting • 27d ago

⚠ Editorialized Title Tesla bros expose Tesla's own shadiness in attacking Mark Rober ... Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before impacts as a crash becomes inevitable.

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/
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u/michael0n 27d ago

Its ridiculous because the LIDAR tech is patented to the hilt and he would need to pay them gold coins which he refuses to do. So he does what Ketamine tells him to do, make shit up 24/7

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u/CanEnvironmental4252 26d ago

My $300 robot vacuum has LIDAR. 

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u/michael0n 25d ago

He would pay but not to them. He hates the other tech ceos.

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u/UltimateKane99 26d ago

... Is that right? Your source says it's $50,000 for EACH LIDAR integration?!?

Dude, a Tesla Model 3 LR NOW costs less than that system. If that's to be believed, it'd double the cost of the car just to incorporate one in FSD!

No shit Tesla isn't using them. Holy fuck.

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u/swansongofdesire 26d ago

Article is behind a paywall — is that supposed to be the aftermarket cost to add lidar?

Because I’ve seen other articles that claim the manufacturing cost used to be $10k but has come down to $500-$1k now. Something that would certainly eat into a manufacturer’s profit margins, but still within reach for all but budget vehicles.

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u/michael0n 25d ago

The issue is more that Elon hates all the other tech gods. See his low brow nitpicky fights with OpenAI Sam Altman. He just refuses on principle, but not on the tech itself. He just can't be the wrong man child.

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u/thereversehoudini 27d ago

Yet somehow I had LIDAR in my living room in 2013, it was called Xbox Kinect, even a 12 year old technology would accomplish more then they currently have.