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GM Executive Criticizes Tesla's Camera-Only Approach to Autonomous Driving

📍 Drive Tesla Canada October 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM

General Motors will keep cameras, radar and lidar in its upcoming eyes-off autonomous driving system. Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson criticized Tesla's decision to use cameras only, in an interview with The Verge after a recent GM event. Anderson said removing radar makes no sense given its low cost, and that cameras cannot see through dense fog or measure instantaneous velocity the way radar does. He noted that he previously led Tesla's Autopilot program before joining GM. The system will debut in the Cadillac Escalade IQ in 2028.…

GM will use cameras, radar and lidar in its eyes-off system for the 2028 Escalade IQ.
GM rules out dynamic handback and offers up to 10 minutes for drivers to resume control.

🔎 Why it matters: Sterling Anderson led Tesla's Autopilot program, so his criticism of camera-only FSD (Supervised) comes from someone with direct experience of that system. GM is contrasting a multisensor architecture with Tesla's camera-only approach.

📈 Upside: The countdown of up to 10 minutes and the safe stop at an exit give drivers a defined window to resume control.

📉 Risk: GM says the system remains safe if the driver falls asleep, but the article includes no test data that supports that claim.

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GM Executive Criticizes Tesla's Camera-Only Approach to Autonomous Driving

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