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Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short

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Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov argues that camera-only self-driving, Tesla's approach, can match human performance but hits a safety ceiling before reaching the reliability needed for true driverless operation. Waymo's sensor fusion of cameras, lidar, and radar has achieved 94% fewer serious crashes than human drivers across 220 million driverless miles, while Tesla's robotaxi shows crash rates three times worse than humans.

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