It’s only ever an issue for people who think they don’t need to follow the *safety* rules, which protects not just themselves (whom they clearly don’t care about or they would be paying attention and operating the rolling mass of metal with great care) but also everyone else in their immediate vicinity. The latter being people they have no right to endanger. And that’s what’s relevant; none of the rest.
While revenue might grow exponentially from here on out, the SP probably won't. The current SP has gotten a bit ahead of itself which has resulted in a very large PE ratio. As revenues grow the SP will likely increase at a lesser rate, allowing the PE to grow into a more rational valuation over time.
The car should be better than humans. Radar, thermal imaging, night vision, could all be used to improve safety, assuming cost effective. This seems like a step backwards.
This also may spell the death of Lidar. The interference from lots of cars using Lidar could make the data collected by cars using the same frequency a real problem.
Perhaps this is where they are going, already amazing technology available here, keeps data in a similar typology.
I agree it should be better humans, and I admit I haven’t researched the actual number, but I’m sure an overwhelming percentage of accidents are not caused by the fact that 360° Vision couldn’t have SEEN the threat to avoid the accident, but instead are caused by driver inattentiveness, aggression, recklessness, and poor driving policy decisions. Adding radar might decrease accident rate of an otherwise good FSD system by 0.005%. But if the increased cost results in 1% less people getting FSD because they can’t afford it, it might be a step backward.
Yes, seriously, because of what I've learned here on TMC I have stopped reading almost any sort of news now. The lies/misinformation/misinterpretation are so blatant and constant regarding Tesla I feel I have no option but to disregard all of it. And that goes for covid news, political news, etc. Mainstream media is a wholly captured pawn of wealthy special interests. I view "news" as mostly veiled advertisement with a sprinkling of light entertainment. I'd suspect Twitter and Facebook are just as bad if not worse.
On a foggy day or dark night, I would think I would miss the radar just a little bit
I think the broader concern raised by OP was about personal privacy and what ownership really means going forward.
What I'm hearing you say in no uncertain terms, is a Founder's Edition Roadster is a no-brainer now..., just have to convince the woman.
FWIW, this is what George Hotz always said Tesla was lacking. It was his major concern from the interviews I heard.
We knew this day was coming, when Big Auto would start advertising for EVs. This has such massive upside not only for Tesla but for all EVs and the environment because more and more people will hold off on buying another ICE and wait for when an appropriately priced EV comes their way. I know several people who are holding off on buying another vehicle until they can afford an EV, and that list is sure to grow.
If memory serves the radar sends processed data on the bus and not raw returns. It would be doing the processing locally and just returning a max of I think 20 or so returns over the CAN bus at a time. Not a huge processor savings on the Tesla side. The savings would therefor be from the radar side. Removes one more not Tesla black box with potential supply chain disruption problems from the logistics chain that is a Tesla.
Again, can we not conflate different layers?
