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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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jaschen@lemm.ee
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It was removed because it was giving false positives. They should have upgraded it with lidar but decided to just remove it.

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snooggums@lemmy.world
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Yeah, it might drive straight into a wall but at least it isn’t returning false positives!

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bitchkat@lemmy.world
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It was removed because of supply chain issues.

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jaschen@lemm.ee
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That would make sense if they put it back after, but they didn’t

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