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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 [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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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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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (17 children)

Mark Rober. Why did it have to be Mark Rober.

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[–] cmhe 20 points 1 day ago (12 children)

I am a bit disappointed to not see the Tesla crash into a real wall. I feel a bit click baited here.

Also, they prepared the polystyrene wall to break this cartoonishly, but still played on being surprised.

[–] AA5B 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m a bit disappointed they painted identical to the actual road. Probably a lot of humans will get fooled by that one. We should send a challenge back: how looney toons can you get? Will something more cartoonish fool it? Will a different landscape fool it? How about drawing an oncoming train?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Haha, oncoming train? You'd be lucky to avoid a slow-rolling freight train at a clearly lit crossing in a Tesla using FSD.

Case in point:

https://youtu.be/h4f-crzpZ9w?t=11

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[–] ladicius 25 points 2 days ago

The real test starts at 11 minutes and shows frightening problems of the Nazi clown cars.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Youtube mad scientist

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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

can someone do this to trumps tesla please

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day 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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day 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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