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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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[–] [email protected] 152 points 2 weeks ago (32 children)

Wile E Coyote painting a wall to look like a tunnel

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (27 children)

The actual wall is way more convincing though.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

still, this should be something the car ought to take into account. What if there's a glass in the way?