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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    4 hours ago

    You’d think they have cameras with higher dynamic range and faster auto exposure in their cars by now. Nope, still penny pinching.

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        3 hours ago

        Even then the cameras aren’t really up to snuff to do the kind of things you need cameras for, like signs, lane markings, traffic lights etc.