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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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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

The question is could this fool a human

Also I went and watched the video and he doesn't seem to even use full self driving for the wall test

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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

Tesla is trash.

Fuck Elon musk.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 7 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

To be fair, I'd be surprised if half the humans driving didn't do the same.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 26 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] elatedCatfish@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

New Trump-Hitman challenge unlocked

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

can someone do this to trumps tesla please

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 hours ago

Wonderful news.

[–] kane@femboys.biz 8 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

Can this be solved with just cameras, or would this need additional hardware? I know they removed LIDAR, but thought that would only be effective short range, and would not be too helpful at 65 km/h.

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 69 points 10 hours ago

TIL Mark Rober is a domestic terrorist

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

They sound like they’re perfect for red states

[–] arankays@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

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

I do not trust Teslas one bit though.

[–] kenoh@lemm.ee 10 points 7 hours ago

Tesla doesn't use lidar for its sensing, living on the prayer that AI will just get good enough soon enough. Absolutely galaxy brained decision.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

waymo's have almost hit me like three times, and if i were slower, they would have. you are part of the problem. those are killing machines.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 239 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

OMFG someone test to see if Teslas stop to eat free bird seed.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 76 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 13 points 8 hours ago

Im glad Luigi & Wile are on the same side.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 148 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It got fucking wile e coyoted

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