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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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[–] magnus919@lemmy.brandyapple.com 78 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I remember Elon foolishly saying his cars don’t need radar or lidar. Even software-disabling radar in cars that already had the hardware.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Not even just his cars, he thinks the MILITARY, doesn't need radar and can just use cameras to spot and track stealth fighters.

He's a fucking lunatic.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

As an augmentation, the ability to spot and track objects visually would be amazing.
But then planes just have to fly above 10k ft, and pretty much guaranteed cloud cover.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 25 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I mean his right, his cars don't need radar or lidar. They just drive into things.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago

Yeah but the radar/lidar may allow them to drive into things quicker.