New Jersey's Robotaxi Bill Could Ban Tesla over Lidar

New Jersey Law Would Outlaw Tesla's Camera-Based Robotaxi Tech

A bill is headed for a vote in New Jersey that would force self-driving cars to use two additional technologies, like Lidar or rader, on top of cameras.

New Jersey's robotaxi bill could ban Tesla over lidar

New Jersey wants driverless cars to carry lidar plus cameras. Tesla's camera-only Robotaxi would be shut out unless it changes hardware.

New bill would ban Tesla's camera-only Robotaxi, not Waymo

New Jersey's S1677 bill would require robotaxis to use cameras plus lidar and radar, effectively banning Tesla's camera-only Robotaxi in the state.

Tesla Robotaxis Could Be Blocked From New Jersey — And Elon Musk's Own Strategy Is Why - Tesla (NASDAQ:TS

Elon Musk is anti-lidar, a stance that could cost him the ability to operate robotaxis in several states.

The robotaxi law that could ban Tesla

For more than a decade, one question has loomed over the race to build autonomous vehicles: Are cameras alone enough to safely replace human drivers, or do truly driverless cars need additional, overlapping sensors like lidar and radar to navigate the world reliably? Tesla has bet billions of dollars that artificial intelligence and cameras are sufficient. Nearly every other major autonomous vehicle developer has gone the opposite direction. Unt…

New Jersey could ban Tesla’s Robotaxi with one line about sensors

For more than a decade, the biggest fight in self-driving cars has played out in boardrooms and engineering labs. New Jersey now wants to settle it in law. A bill moving through the state legislature would force any company running fully driverless cars in New Jersey to fit them with a camera system plus two [ . . . ] This story continues at The Next Web