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Tesla taxi dream stalls as Elon Musk abandons vision requiring lidar – conflict with rival sensor tech fueled by calls like 'lidar is lame'

Tesla taxi dream stalls as Elon Musk abandons vision requiring lidar – conflict with rival sensor tech fueled by calls like 'lidar is lame'

After years of promising investors millions of Tesla robotaxis would soon populate the streets, Elon Musk began a limited public rollout of his driverless car service in Austin, Texas. However, the debut was marred by technical issues. The June 22 launch initially appeared functionally adequate, with videos from selected social
Hossain Meah, Sara Spinelli