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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 9 months 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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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 1 points 9 months ago

TIL Mark Rober is a domestic terrorist

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

This is what happens when you don't lidar

[–] guynamedzero@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Youtube mad scientist

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

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

They sound like they’re perfect for red states

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

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

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