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!

  • jaschen@lemm.ee
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    3 hours ago

    It was removed because it was giving false positives. They should have upgraded it with lidar but decided to just remove it.

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      2 hours ago

      Yeah, it might drive straight into a wall but at least it isn’t returning false positives!