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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 22 hours 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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[–] regrub@lemmy.world 34 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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 16 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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

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[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 26 points 22 hours ago

The real test starts at 11 minutes and shows frightening problems of the Nazi clown cars.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 28 points 22 hours ago (12 children)

Mark Rober. Why did it have to be Mark Rober.

[–] waywardninja@sh.itjust.works 30 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Why not? Seems fitting an ex NASA engineer show Elon, the man currently trying to dismantle NASA, just what kind of intelligent people exist in that agency.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 18 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, but I just can't stand his presentation style.

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[–] guynamedzero@sh.itjust.works 22 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Youtube mad scientist

Okay come on, Styropyro fits the bill way better for “mad scientist”

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago

This is what happens when you don't lidar

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