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Tesla Fans Furious at Video of Tesla Crashing Into Wall Painted Like Road (futurism.com)
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In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[+] -7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I believe the outrage is that the video showed that autopilot was off when they crashed into the wall. That's what the red circle in the thumbnail is highlighting. The whole thing apparently being a setup for views like Top Gear faking the Model S breaking down.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I am not going to click a link to X, but this article covers that, and links this raw footage video on X which supposedly proves this claim to be false.

    In addition to the folks pointing out it likes to shut itself off (which I can neither confirm nor deny)

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/tesla-on-autopilot-runs-over-mannequin-hits-wall-in-viral-video-but-is

    Some skeptical viewers claim Autopilot was not engaged when the vehicle ran into the wall. These allegations prompted Rober to release the "raw footage" in a X post, which shows the characteristic signs of Autopilot being engaged, such as a rainbow road appearing on the dash.

    https://twitter.com/MarkRober/status/1901449395327094898

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