Waymo says 200 million driverless miles prove cameras alone fall short

Waymo VP Srikanth Thirumalai argued August 26 that cameras, while powerful, cannot fully enable driverless operation, citing data from over 200 million autonomous miles. The post directly challenges Tesla's camera-only Cybercab approach. The debate coincides with New Jersey legislation that would mandate multi-sensor robotaxis. Tesla AI head Ashok Elluswamy maintains cameras suffice.