"Elon Musk's Terrifying Encounter with Autopilot: A Near-Death Experience"

In Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk, it is revealed that the Tesla CEO would frequently berate his engineers after the company's Autopilot driver assistance technology nearly caused accidents during test drives. Musk's insistence on using only optical sensors and rejecting light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology, which competitors like Waymo utilize, has been a point of contention. Despite engineers advocating for LiDAR's safety benefits, Musk believed that relying on camera vision alone was sufficient. Ultimately, the issue was temporarily resolved by repainting lane lines on a problematic curve, but the underlying problem remains.