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!
According to Ol’ Elon the robo-taxi service has been a couple months away since 2017 or so. I can’t imagine it’s much closer now than then.
I think Rober just showed us why. Mowing down kids in weather is an unacceptable amount of risk.
Unacceptable risk to you. I’m guessing Elon is fully prepared to take the risk and minimise the consequences.
That’s what insurance is for after all
Don’t need to have insurance when anyone hit by a Tesla was a Hamas sympathizer. Then you’re not killing people, you’re killing terrorists for protesting Elon. You can get a presidential pardon for that. /a (maybe? We’re in strange times)
Even Leon Skum has to deal with insurance companies, for now.
It’s right at the end of the tunnel they’re diggin in CA