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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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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 57 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Iirc they were using a combination of lidar and radar, but Elmo wanted to cut costs.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

Cameras and radar, I believe. Never lidar.

[–] cyd@lemmy.world 28 points 14 hours ago

Funny thing is, the price of lidar is dropping like a stone; they are projected to be sub-$200 per unit soon. The technical consensus seems to be settling in on 2 or 3 lidars per car plus optical sensors, and Chinese EV brands are starting to provide self driving in baseline models, with lidars as part of the standard package.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Did he want to cut costs or did he want a network of cameras at his control all over the world?

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 7 points 11 hours ago

Yes.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 9 points 17 hours ago

Ah okay. I was genuinely curious if I was remembering correctly because I definitely know it's been awhile since I'd read anything on the subject.