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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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[–] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

According to Ol' Elon the robo-taxi service has been a couple months away since 2017 or so. I can't imagine it's much closer now than then.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think Rober just showed us why. Mowing down kids in weather is an unacceptable amount of risk.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Unacceptable risk to you. I’m guessing Elon is fully prepared to take the risk and minimise the consequences.

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