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!
It works pretty well as a highway assist. I never use it on city streets because its so slow and hesitant which is worse.
For me the biggest downside was really poor road maintenance: lines worn off, long cracks that could be interpreted as lines, offset intersection where you can’t go straight across and no lines … or at night not enough cleared space so the side camera decides it’s obscured.
I have this one really narrow windy road that too many humans have trouble with. I really wanted to see what it would do but decided there wasn’t enough room for me to take over if I needed to