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Musk: Tesla Robotaxi limited at night because cameras struggle to see pets in the dark

Elon Musk says Tesla Robotaxi's nighttime hours are held back by low-light, low-contrast detection problems, citing the risk of hitting "grey kittens on grey tarmac" in the dark. The admission highlights a known camera weakness that lidar and radar are designed to solve, sensors Musk has long dismissed as unnecessary.