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		thetwentyone 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, a... One aspect is that Tesla is all cameras, whereas Rivian sees it as important to have multi-sensor suites (cameras, ultrasonic, radar, and in Gen 3: lidar). TBH as a customer I prefer to know that the latter is protecting me instead of just cameras.

roguecoder 10 days ago [–]

It also suggests to me a more-professionalized R&D culture.

Tesla claiming it planned to implement self-driving with just cameras has always meant I don't trust anything they touch.

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