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!
What a world we’re living in!
Observing a technical deficiency in a robotics platform requires political considerations. Even when a car drives into a fucking wall at 40MPH on camera, people are asking about the camera man’s political party affiliation and not what’s wrong with the car.
Wild!
Porque no los dos? I hate porch pirates and would love to sprinkle some in glitter. However, some porch pirates I’ll assume are just poor kids. But I am intrigued by people wanting to go into a mortgage for a chance to end up pasted on a wall.
I would also be afraid of dying funny. You know what I mean? Like in old cars you would eat the steering wheel or get your guts removed by the center post of the steering wheel and right thru your spine. Not very funny. But on the Tesla steering wheel you could end up smashing your face right on the screen. Or if you’re a woman, the implants could get sucked right into the two holes of the steering wheel. That would be awkward on a full body viewing… Well it’s a new bra style she was trying… And then you get smacked in the face with a software glitch airbag. Wouldn’t that be nice? Well at Least the steering wheel pit remover problem is solved. Give it a few hundred years and maybe someone will come up with an automated car that doesn’t drive into walls.
Unfortunately when the vehicle in question is created by a company owned by a man operating a government agency, it’s a valid question. He could have just never made the video, but making one that directly opposes the narrative of people you’d expect the “camera man’s” political affiliation to be seems unusual.