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Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch (fuelarc.com)

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Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

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[-] arankays@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I tried Waymo when I was visiting LA a few months ago. Genuinely terrific stuff.

I do not trust Teslas one bit though.

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[-] regrub@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I would say that it's a good idea to paint more tunnels on walls, but then I remember how dumb human drivers are too

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

You'd be horrified how many people drive off a bridge that has collapsed, it's happened multiple times in multiple different incidents.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I'd be horrified that physical barriers with bright reflectors weren't put up before the bridge that was out.

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[-] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

The war against AI will be fought with Looney Tunes bits.

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[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They sound like they’re perfect for red states

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

Taking a guess here, but I think Mark Rober is not a big trump/musk fan? :D

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