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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 10 hours 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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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 221 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

OMFG someone test to see if Teslas stop to eat free bird seed.

[–] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 85 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Meep meep!

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 36 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

So many Acme products we need to test, I saw one guy already successfully tested an Olmec statue.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 40 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Or a badly painted sign that says "Free charging"

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Somebody with better animation skills than me make a cartoon where Wile E. Coyote is hunting cybertrucks using his old tricks and every single one of them works in his favor.

[–] flightyhobler@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

I'd buy that for a dollar!