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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 1 day 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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[–] waywardninja@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why not? Seems fitting an ex NASA engineer show Elon, the man currently trying to dismantle NASA, just what kind of intelligent people exist in that agency.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I just can't stand his presentation style.

[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mark Rober is what you get when you cross veritasium with Mr beast. Someone who's genuinely smart but they're going to leave all that stuff out because they want the bigger audience

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 24 points 1 day ago

Mark Rober is what you get when you cross veritasium with Mr beast.

I hate that this makes as much sense as it does.