Another Tesla competitor in question
Now it is Lordstown Motors. Among other allegations is this one: "Burns confirmed LMC paid consultants to generate preorders, understood to be nonbinding as a way to assess market demand. He denie...
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Yosemite Sam1 wrote:Groover wrote:Reisender wrote:
That was Nikola. Kinda funny actually. Their footage of their semi in motion was a glider going downhill. Lol. :). I think one of the big two had some kind of stake in them. Maybe ford?
That was GM.
Ford's problem is that their contracted battery supplier was found guilty of patent infringement so now their battery supply is in question.
Also, for all of the people competing with Tesla's self driving tech a major bump in the road may have just surfaced.
Lidar may be a hazard to society
Tesla is the only one I know of that is not relying on Lidar.
Tesla uses ultrasonic sensors and radar.
My son, a techie in avionics, said it's so sophisticated that it can recognize if a block of white ahead is a pile of snow or concrete barrier.
The latest is Tesla's FSD beta -- still being under road (real life conditions) tests.
It also uses a bunch of cameras.
