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Why doesn’t Tesla use LiDAR for self-driving?
Tesla skips LiDAR entirely, betting on cameras and AI instead — and just used a 1-million-mile Robotaxi milestone to make its case.
Smart Summon can drive your Tesla to you. Here’s what it actually requires.
Smart Summon can drive your Tesla out of a parking spot to meet you — within a strict set of limits on speed, range, and where it’s meant to be used.
FSD Supervised vs. a robotaxi ride: what’s actually different.
Tesla says FSD (Supervised) never makes the car fully autonomous and still requires an attentive driver, while Waymo’s robotaxis operate with no driver at all.
What your first ride with Full Self-Driving is actually like
The first FSD drive surprises most people twice: the car does more than they expected, and it still needs them the whole time.
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