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Tesla Fans Furious at Video of Tesla Crashing Into Wall Painted Like Road (futurism.com)

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In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[-] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Looney Tunes shit.

[-] Darjuz@feddit.it 2 points 3 weeks ago

Beep beep

[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I bet the reason why he does not want the LiDAR in the car really cause it looks ugly aestheticly.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

It costs too much. It's also why you have to worry about panels falling off the swastitruck if you park next to them. They also apparently lack any sort of rollover frame.

He doesn't want to pay for anything, including NHTSB crash tests.

It's literally what Drumpf would have created if he owned a car company. Cut all costs, disregard all regulations, and make the public the alpha testers.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 4 weeks ago

The panels are glued on. The glue fails when the temperature changes.

I can't believe that this car is legal to drive in public.

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[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

The guy bankrupted a casino, not by playing against it and being super lucky, but by owning it. Virtually everything he has ever touched in business has turned to shit. How do you ever in the living fuck screwup stakes at Costco? My cousin with my be good eye and a working elbow could do it.

And now its the country's second try. This time unhinged, with all the training wheels off. The guy is stepping on the pedal while stripping the car for parts and giving away the fuel. The guy doesn't even drive, he just fired the chauffeur and is dismantling the car from the inside with a shot gun...full steam ahead on to a nice brick wall and an infinity cliff ready to take us all with him. And Canada and Mexico and Gina. Three and three quarters of a year more of daily atrocities and law breakage. At least Hitler boy brought back the astronauts.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

it did cost too much at the time, but currently he doesnt want to do it because he would have to admit hes wrong.

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