pandoras_sphere t1_itsvay7 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 1:28 AM

Reply to comment by Fritzschmied in Lyft co-founder says autonomous vehicles won’t replace drivers for at least a decade by lughnasadh

Tesla FSD is getting pretty good, and it has two massive blind spots from the lack of forward looking repeater camera. It is also using a computer from 3.5 years ago ((introduced 2019-03)[https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/tesla_(car_company)/fsd_chip])

I think if they make new repeaters with forward looking cameras, and perhaps a new computer behind the glovebox they should be able to pull it off.

The current FSD 3 computer is backwards compatible with FSD 2 wiring (introduced 2016-10).

Maleficent_Box5566 t1_itv9c6u wrote on October 26, 2022 at 3:46 PM

At this point I wouldn't care if they added a bump to the A pillar and moved those B pillar cameras up there. The perspectives are the limiting factor now. Also the rear camera needs an automatic cleaning method.

pandoras_sphere t1_itvjaax wrote on October 26, 2022 at 4:51 PM

For the existing fleet, they only have the existing wiring to deal with. Hence, I don't see a new A-Pillar camera being an option.

The changed the front of the repeater from chrome to black. I think this hints at adding a camera someday in the future.

I'll be interested to see the camera decisions in the cyber truck.