A gold Cybercab with a clean, sensor-free exterior contrasts sharply with a Waymo Jaguar I-PACE covered in roof-mounted lidar and cameras. Tesla is pursuing a primarily camera-and-neural-network approach, while Waymo relies on a more hardware-intensive sensor setup for environmental perception.
The bigger question is whether Tesla’s simpler vision-based system can ultimately match the safety and reliability of sensor-heavy autonomous driving.
Tesla: “Just use your eyes.”
Waymo: “I brought extra eyes.” 👀
PHEVs Emit Far More CO₂ in Real-World Driving