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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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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

This is what happens when you don't lidar

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

can someone do this to trumps tesla please

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Trump will never be in it. His security detail could never allow him to drive in it. Nor would the back seat ever be as comfortable as what he usually drives in so he wouldn't want to be in it unless it was for press purposes. There's a reason the Cadillac cost over a million dollars that the presidents usually drive around in.

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[–] kane@femboys.biz 8 points 2 days ago (9 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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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Taking a guess here, but I think Mark Rober is not a big trump/musk fan? :D

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