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!

  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    Yup, cameras and humans share various exploits. Self-driving is going to work better than humans once every car has it and communicates with each other, allowing for minimal gaps even at high speeds, once roads are all very standardized and in a database, and-

    Wait, that’s trains

    Fucking build more electrified high-speed rail and forget tech bros’ shitty promises

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      1 month ago

      I was getting mildly outraged and ready to comment how you were re-deriving the train at first. Well played.