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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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[–] faberyayo@lemm.ee 5 points 58 minutes ago

Some cartoon shit

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago
[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Make Elon test ride the first Tesla robotaxi and there's a chance the funniest thing of all time will happen.

[–] magnus919@lemmy.brandyapple.com 45 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I remember Elon foolishly saying his cars don’t need radar or lidar. Even software-disabling radar in cars that already had the hardware.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I mean his right, his cars don't need radar or lidar. They just drive into things.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah but the radar/lidar may allow them to drive into things quicker.

[–] jownz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

This is some amazing stuff! Buy $LAZR! 😁

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 9 points 2 hours ago

My vacuum would pass that test... why is a Tesla worse at this?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I am very glad that Elon and Trump have overreached and now Tesla is suffering. I hope Starlink is the next domino to fall.

[–] Atmoro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yup plus the European Union is making their alternative to launch in a year or 2

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Good.

I'm not rooting for America to fail, but I'm 100% rooting for Elon to fail.

[–] EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world 34 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently they keep getting tickets in China because they didn't bother to adjust the settings to accommodate Chinese roads and traffic laws. Result is Tesla is getting utterly crushed by BYD in their one major market that doesn't care about Elon's antics.

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Huh, now I’m mildly interested in the differences in traffic laws in China vs US vs Europe that lead to Teslas getting more tickets in China than elsewhere.

[–] jewbies@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 3 hours ago

That's some Wiley Coyote shit if I ever saw it.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago

New stuff to add to the car kit bag for the 21st century

  1. poster board to block usonic weapons
  2. black paint, white paint, roller, brush to paint tunnels on walls
  3. orange cones to pen in self driving cars
[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 75 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

This is why it's fucking stupid Tesla removed Lidar sensors and relies on cameras only.

But also who would want a tesla, fuck em

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 23 points 4 hours ago

They never had lidarr. They used to have radar and uss but they decided "vision" was good enough. This conveniently occurred when they had supply chain issues during covid.

[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 27 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I was horrified when I learned that the autopilot relies entirely on cameras. Nope, nope, nope.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Leon said other sensors were unnecessary because human driving is all done through the sense of sight...proving that he has no idea how humans work either (despite purportedly being a human).

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 16 points 4 hours ago

They also removed radar, which is what allowed them to make all of those “it saw something three vehicles ahead and braked to avoid a pileup that hadn’t even started yet” videos. Removing radar was the single most impactful change Tesla made in regards to FSD, and it’s all because Musk basically decided “people drive fine with just their eyes, so cars should too.”

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

I had a conversation with a friend who claimed the road and sign system we have in our country, has errors in it causing her brand new car to act weird.

By acting weird she meant, phantom breaking. Breaking when the car thinks the car driving the opposite direction is coming head on. Sudden and small jerks inside the lane. Not following the speed limit.

She thought and probably still thinks the road system and not the car, is at fault. It’s a Skoda fyi. These assistants ruin driving. I’m hesitant to catch a ride with her again.

[–] mennorobert@lemmy.world 23 points 5 hours ago

There's a very simple solution to this. BUILD MORE TRAINS!

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 31 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

There's a very simple solution to autonomous driving vehicles plowing into walls, cars, or people:

Congress will pass a law that makes NOBODY liable -- as long as a human wasn't involved in the decision making process during the incident.

This will be backed by car makers, software providers, and insurance companies, who will lobby hard for it. After all, no SINGLE person or company made the decision to swerve into oncoming traffic. Surely they can't be held liable. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Once that happens, Level 4 driving will come standard and likely be the default mode on most cars. Best of luck everyone else!

[–] Glent@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 hours ago

These same laws will be grandfathered in for ai. This way your health insurance companies computer can murder you by denying care and nobody can be held civilly or criminally liable.

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