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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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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I would say that it's a good idea to paint more tunnels on walls, but then I remember how dumb human drivers are too

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The war against AI will be fought with Looney Tunes bits.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (14 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (3 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.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (9 children)

To be fair, I'd be surprised if half the humans driving didn't do the same.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Tesla is trash.

Fuck Elon musk.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (13 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.