Are Deep Neural Networks Unequivocally Better Than Lidar?

Tesla has always had a unique approach towards self-driving cars. The electric car company has been developing Computer Vision and Synthetic Neural Networks to solve the challenges associated with self-driving cars. While industry giants like Toyota, Google, Uber, Ford and General Motors all have been working with Lidar, Tesla has always proclaimed that Lidar will never be the approach they solve this problem. Founder Elon Musk famously said, "Lidar is a fool's errand, and anyone relying on Lidar is doomed". But what exactly is Lidar's flaw and computer vision's most considerable edge?