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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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[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

Did it slow down when it was covered in canvas

[-] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Entire video is worth watching. He also snuck a chest mounted lidar into Disney and mapped some rides.

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