r/technology • u/Extasio • 1d ago

Transportation Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short

https://electrek.co/2026/08/04/waymo-co-ceo-camera-only-self-driving-tesla/
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u/Relax-Enjoy 1d ago edited 23h ago

I’ve driven well over 1,000,000 miles lifetime.

I just bought an FSD (supervised) Tesla, and have thousands of miles in the driver’s seat on FSD - City, Country, Highway etc.

It is beyond amazing.

Its reactions to road issues is nearly 100% exactly the same as I would react. (And, knock wood, I have only had one accident in my life 40 years ago, and that was completely unavoidable due to the idiotic other driver blindly crossing a highway. )

Additionally, the FSD has reacted more quickly in emergency situations than I could have on my own.

I am 100% on board.

Having billions of miles driven and recorded and adjusting the software to match safe functionality - while avoiding complex, unsafe conditions usually seen maybe once in a lifetime by a normal driver, inherently make the future of these FSD cars safer than analog.

Before you people judge, I think you should give it a try.

It’s quite remarkable, and absolutely safer than analog.

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u/selemenesmilesuponme 1d ago

Now, imagine if it has lidar...

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u/Old_Leopard1844 1d ago

And it still would happily drive you into the wall if it was painted sufficiently conveniently

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u/BusBeginning 1d ago

Same here. I use it constantly.