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Xpeng's lidar bet breaks from its Tesla playbook

Original: Why is Xpeng using lidar? Big deviation from copying Tesla. Xpeng says it will greatly improve accuracy - I believe it,

Chinese EV maker Xpeng is adding lidar sensors to its vehicles, a notable break from Tesla's camera-only approach to autonomous driving that Xpeng had long followed. Xpeng says lidar will greatly improve accuracy, but observers question whether the added hardware cost could limit scalability of its driver-assistance systems, and whether the move signals its Tesla-style vision approach was not working.

Why now: Xpeng's adoption of lidar marks a strategic split from Tesla that has revived debate over which autonomous driving architecture can scale.

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• Why is Xpeng using lidar? Big deviation from copying Tesla. Xpeng says it will greatly improve accuracy - I believe it, but can severely limit scalability for their autonomous approach. Did they realize they couldn't make their Tesla-copy approach work? · TashaARK · 1.9K

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