Elon Musk was always against Lidar, well before any supply crunch, or Covid for that matter. See for example [1], published in 2019, and called "Elon Musk's war on Lidar"
At that point he had spent three years selling cars that he claimed had all of the necessary hardware for FSD. He was also already years later on his promise of coast to coast automation.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2019/05/06/elon-m...