‘Boycott Tesla’ ads to air during Super Bowl
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Tesla critic Dan O’Dowd is funding a Super Bowl ad campaign highlighting dangers of the company’s driver-assistance software for the second year in a row.

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  • TheMinions@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I have used both. Even under ideal conditions the cameras only is noticeably worse.

    I recall parking in a parking lot and the camera systems showed that I was hitting a car while I was about a foot away from it. Lidar did not have any issues like that. And it was a perfectly sunny day.

    • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialEnglish
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      9 months ago

      So Tesla hasn’t used lidar, and have disabled the front-radar for a while now. Though lately they decided to drop ultrasonic sensors and I think it’s crap for parking right now. I suspect the cameras were not laid out to handle this use.

      If you have a hard requirement on tight parking, I’d strongly recommend looking elsewhere or trying it with a trial first…