Nic Cruz Patane
@niccruzpatane · Feb 17, 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· Aug 26, 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
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07:07 PM · February 17, 2026 · 188.2K views
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