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

submitted 2 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mark Rober is about to be listed as FBI public enemy #1 :(

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago

To any artists in Austin,TX: you have your work cut out for you. Godspeed.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Wile E Coyote was here"

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[–] blackluster117@sh.itjust.works 55 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Still think LIDAR is inferior to computer vision, Elon?

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 12 points 1 day ago

A fitting metaphor for Musky and their involvement with the US government.

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