Nic Cruz Patane

@niccruzpatane · 17. Feb. 2026

Elon Musk on LiDAR: “LiDAR also does not work well in snow, rain or dust due to reflection scatter. That’s why Waymos stop working in any heavy precipitation.” Yesterday in LA:

Elon Musk@elonmusk· 26. Aug. 2025

@raines1220 LiDAR also does not work well in snow, rain or dust due to reflection scatter. That’s why Waymos stop working in any heavy precipitation. As I have said many times, there is a role for LiDAR in some circumstances and I personally oversaw the development of LiDAR for the SpaceX

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

Yeah

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