# While one American company runs half a million driverless rides a week using cameras, lidar and radar together, the other has logged 14 crashes in about 800,000 miles of robotaxi service with a paid human sitting in the front seat

_Published Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 12:17 AM EDT · Robotics · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Waymo is operating half a million driverless rides a week using cameras lidar and radar together. Tesla's robotaxi service in Austin has logged 14 crashes across roughly 800,000 miles with a paid human safety monitor in the front seat.

The remarks about sensor requirements came from Waymo Co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov during a talk at Y Combinator's Startup School 2026. Dolgov stated that cameras alone are insufficient for full autonomy and that lidar and radar are necessary for redundancy and performance in poor visibility conditions.

## Sources

- [autonocion.com](https://www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-versus-waymo-cameras-only-debate/)

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