Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch - eviltoast

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!

  • Yoga@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours 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?

    • kelseybcool@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Some school buses have a sticker / sign on the back that says “I stop for railroad crossings” and can have a stop sign on said sticker.

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      16 hours ago

      I was thinking the same thing. What would happen if you popped one out of the back of your car while driving in front of a self driving car on the freeway?