This makes the Uber CEO look bad. The Uber CEO does not understand that RoboTaxi does not need Uber. I think that RoboTaxi will take over Rideshare and put Uber out of business. In San Fancisco, Waymo which is not as good as RoboTaxi and much more expensive has taken a lot of marketshare from Uber and Lyft already.
The reason that RoboTaxi does not use LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is because of multi-censor confusion. E.g. When the camera's and the LiDAR do not agree. Elon Musk beleives it is better and safer to only use cameras and AI (Artificial Intelligence).
RoboTaxi does use LiDAR to confirm and verify their AI model and data when they first enter a new market. Tesla RoboTaxi does not need LiDAR on the RoboTaxi service cars. Telsa is also building low cost no steering wheel cars.
