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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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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And that's what you get for cheaping out on tech and going with cameras over lidar. Not only that, but Tesla removed all the radar technology that literally every car uses for collision detection about a year ago.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am very glad that Elon and Trump have overreached and now Tesla is suffering. I hope Starlink is the next domino to fall.

[–] Atmoro@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yup plus the European Union is making their alternative to launch in a year or 2

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Good.

I'm not rooting for America to fail, but I'm 100% rooting for Elon to fail.

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was there a coyote or a roadrunner anywhere nearby?

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 day ago
[–] Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Entire video is worth watching. He also snuck a chest mounted lidar into Disney and mapped some rides.

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