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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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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Tesla is trash.

Fuck Elon musk.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago

Yep, I could see someone placing a billboard like that with a cliff behind it.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

can someone do this to trumps tesla please

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[–] kane@femboys.biz 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.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

Can this be solved with just cameras

Theoretically yes, but in reality, not with current technology.

but thought that would only be effective short range

LIDAR actually has quite a long range. You can look up some of the images LIDAR creates, they're pretty comprehensive.

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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So to stop robotaxis, all we have to do is paint a fake road directly into a rock wall with a painted on tunnel.

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