Waymo has publicly criticized Tesla’s camera-only approach to autonomous driving just ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch, arguing that fully self-driving vehicles need multiple sensor types rather than relying on cameras alone. The Alphabet-owned company pointed to more than 200 million miles of real-world driving data and warned that “pure end-to-end” AI systems risk unpredictable “black box failures.” Tesla continues to bet on a camera-and-AI-only strategy, setting up a high-stakes rivalry as both companies chase a robotaxi market that could be worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
