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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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[–] SirFasy@lemmy.world 4 points 8 minutes ago

Turns out having radar is rather important..

[–] Yoga@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 minute ago

Insurance fraud is going to bankrupt Tesla robotaxis faster than an incompetent CEO ever could.

There will be too many ways to defeat the cameras and not having LiDAR unlike the rest of the industry may prove to be found to be a failure of duty of care.

[–] faberyayo@lemm.ee 13 points 2 hours ago

Some cartoon shit

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago
[–] magnus919@lemmy.brandyapple.com 57 points 4 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 14 points 3 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 5 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] bier@feddit.nl 3 points 25 minutes ago (1 children)

In short because Elon (wrongly) believes you only need cameras, he made the claim people also drive with just 2 eyes.

The thing is, we recognize a truck with stickers of a stopsign, while AI vision gets confused.

Waymo (Googles self driving side hussle) was build on lidar and other sensors and has been using robot taxis for many years now in geofenced specific areas.

[–] Yoga@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 minutes ago

The thing is, we recognize a truck with stickers of a stopsign, while AI vision gets confused.

Lmao would it be illegal to put a stop sign on the back of your car?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours 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 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

Good.

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

[–] EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world 41 points 5 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 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 2 points 5 minutes ago

I found this article. My takeaways were:

  1. No driving in bus lanes during certain times of day.
  2. No using the shoulder as a turn lane.
  3. No using a bike lane as a turn lane.
[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

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
[–] liverbe@lemmy.world 3 points 14 minutes ago

And a "Yikes!" sign 🤣

[–] jewbies@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 78 points 6 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 26 points 5 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 29 points 6 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 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 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 19 points 5 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.”

[–] mennorobert@lemmy.world 23 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] Grizzlyboy@lemm.ee 2 points 3 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.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 31 points 7 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 14 points 6 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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[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

It’s going to get more people killed.

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