Doug

So what, two days later, I think, Mark Rober, giant science YouTuber, if you don't know, very family friendly, makes this video where he compares Tesla to another company, Luminar, who makes LiDAR. So basically he just does a bunch of tests of this exact thing of a car Tesla.

The timing was crazy.

The timing was crazy.

The timing was crazy.

Yeah, timing's crazy. Of a car that just does cameras. versus a car that has this LiDAR system built in. And so he puts out this video, and somewhat predictably, the Tesla fails several of these things, and the LiDAR system succeeds at all of them.

Yeah, timing's crazy. Of a car that just does cameras. versus a car that has this LiDAR system built in. And so he puts out this video, and somewhat predictably, the Tesla fails several of these things, and the LiDAR system succeeds at all of them.

Yeah, timing's crazy. Of a car that just does cameras. versus a car that has this LiDAR system built in. And so he puts out this video, and somewhat predictably, the Tesla fails several of these things, and the LiDAR system succeeds at all of them.

For example, if there's like super bright lights in the car, I forget exactly which ones Tesla failed, it failed like half, but like super bright lights, or rain that is falling from a bunch of hoses that completely obscures the vision, right?

For example, if there's like super bright lights in the car, I forget exactly which ones Tesla failed, it failed like half, but like super bright lights, or rain that is falling from a bunch of hoses that completely obscures the vision, right?

For example, if there's like super bright lights in the car, I forget exactly which ones Tesla failed, it failed like half, but like super bright lights, or rain that is falling from a bunch of hoses that completely obscures the vision, right?

And then the last one is he went through a fake cartoon painted wall, so he's like, and if you're looking at the video you can see it, he drives through a wall that is painted to look like the background. This is not something that happens in real life.

And then the last one is he went through a fake cartoon painted wall, so he's like, and if you're looking at the video you can see it, he drives through a wall that is painted to look like the background. This is not something that happens in real life.

And then the last one is he went through a fake cartoon painted wall, so he's like, and if you're looking at the video you can see it, he drives through a wall that is painted to look like the background. This is not something that happens in real life.

But the point of this is like, there is a physical object on the road and the laser LIDAR system absolutely can detect it, but the cameras can't because the cameras, it just looks like the road is continuing, right? So he did this test and it's very fun and dramatic. I thought it was interesting, the response to some of this. So this was one of the most prominent criticisms I saw.

But the point of this is like, there is a physical object on the road and the laser LIDAR system absolutely can detect it, but the cameras can't because the cameras, it just looks like the road is continuing, right? So he did this test and it's very fun and dramatic. I thought it was interesting, the response to some of this. So this was one of the most prominent criticisms I saw.

But the point of this is like, there is a physical object on the road and the laser LIDAR system absolutely can detect it, but the cameras can't because the cameras, it just looks like the road is continuing, right? So he did this test and it's very fun and dramatic. I thought it was interesting, the response to some of this. So this was one of the most prominent criticisms I saw.

I don't know who Sawyer Merritt is, although in his bio it says investor of Tesla. So I think he's slightly biased. Sure. But there's, you know, the timing of this was so interesting. And he posts this video, Mark Rober posts this video. And then on Monday, Tesla stock drops and Luminar stock, who makes the LIDAR that he showed off, increased significantly. 25%. It's a 10 million view video.

I don't know who Sawyer Merritt is, although in his bio it says investor of Tesla. So I think he's slightly biased. Sure. But there's, you know, the timing of this was so interesting. And he posts this video, Mark Rober posts this video. And then on Monday, Tesla stock drops and Luminar stock, who makes the LIDAR that he showed off, increased significantly. 25%. It's a 10 million view video.

I don't know who Sawyer Merritt is, although in his bio it says investor of Tesla. So I think he's slightly biased. Sure. But there's, you know, the timing of this was so interesting. And he posts this video, Mark Rober posts this video. And then on Monday, Tesla stock drops and Luminar stock, who makes the LIDAR that he showed off, increased significantly. 25%. It's a 10 million view video.

It's a big... By two days later, it peaked at a 50% increase.