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Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch(fuelarc.com)

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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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9point6@lemmy.world
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Was just thinking this

A single LiDAR sensor prevents this kind of issue

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Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
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I’m trying to find an article that covers what I remember but I know for sure that it’s been a good while since I saw the info I recall. Hopefully I can dig something up.

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Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
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That might actually be the exact article I’m thinking about. Thanks!

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truthfultemporarily@feddit.org
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Indeed there is a lidar car in the video and it works way better in many scenarios.

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Flames5123@sh.itjust.works
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Even RADAR prevents this and the cars had RADAR! They started disabling RADAR for the older cars since the new ones don’t even have the hardware installed.

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