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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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[–] TransSynthesist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You all keep calling it wrong. It's pronounced Tesler.

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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 12 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

They obviously pre-cut the wall, probably for safety reasons, and they were like, let's make it a silly cartoon impact hole while we're at it.

Good job.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 13 points 22 hours ago

Painted walls, the natural enemy of the Tesla.

[–] jownz@lemmy.world -4 points 10 hours ago

This is some amazing stuff! Buy $LAZR! 😁

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

So its road runner rules in play here.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

A genius :-)

[–] suwuoul@sh.itjust.works 5 points 20 hours ago

geez, straight out of ACME.

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