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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] 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

New stuff to add to the car kit bag for the 21st century

  1. poster board to block usonic weapons
  2. black paint, white paint, roller, brush to paint tunnels on walls
  3. orange cones to pen in self driving cars
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Was there a coyote or a roadrunner anywhere nearby?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

That's some Wiley Coyote shit if I ever saw it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am very glad that Elon and Trump have overreached and now Tesla is suffering. I hope Starlink is the next domino to fall.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yup plus the European Union is making their alternative to launch in a year or 2

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

Good.

I'm not rooting for America to fail, but I'm 100% rooting for Elon to fail.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Entire video is worth watching. He also snuck a chest mounted lidar into Disney and mapped some rides.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago
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