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GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson has criticized Tesla's camera-only approach to autonomous driving, calling it a 'weird religious stance that ignores physics.' Anderson, who previously led Tesla's Autopilot program, emphasized that radar and lidar are essential for safety, stating cameras cannot see through dense fog or measure instantaneous velocity like radar. He confirmed GM's 2028 autonomous system for the Cadillac Escalade IQ will use a combination of lidar, radar, and cameras, rejecting any move to vision-only technology. Anderson also warned against 'eyes-off' marketing for driver-assist systems, advocating for a 'graceful countdown' before requiring driver intervention. His comments align with concerns raised by NHTSA, which is investigating Tesla's Full Self-Driving system in reduced-visibility conditions across 3,203,754 vehicles.
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