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

submitted 1 day ago by whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago

Right? It's also got a cast aluminum frame that breaks if you load the trailer hitch with around 10,000 lbs of downward force. Which means that the back of your Cybertruck could just straight up break off if you've frontloaded your trailer and hit a pothole wrong.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Only in America