Tesla Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy said in a Jay Leno’s Garage episode released Nov. 9 that focused lasers could keep robotaxi cameras clear. “If you fire them in a focused area, you can clean the sheet of water and create a barrier,” Teslarati quoted him saying. “When you think about autonomy, it might be a good solution to only clean the area where the camera is.” He said clearing an entire windshield would take too many lasers to be practical. Not a Tesla App reported the same remarks, noting Tesla’s laser-cleaning patent was granted an updated version on March 31, 2026. The comments came as Moravy and design chief Franz von Holzhausen walked Leno through the Model Y L.