‘Tesla needs to…’: YouTuber faces backlash on social media after posting video of failed ‘crash test’ of his Model Y
- Mark Rober tested Tesla's Autopilot against a Lexus with LiDAR, demonstrating that the Tesla failed to avoid obstacles like a child mannequin and a painted wall, while the Lexus passed all tests successfully.
- Elon Musk has previously claimed that a Tesla on Autopilot is nearly ten times less likely to crash than an average car, a statement experts have labeled misleading.
- The video illustrated significant shortcomings in Tesla's reliance solely on visual data, which can be easily fooled by fog, rain, or misleading images like a painted road.
- Tesla's Autopilot has been linked to numerous injuries and fatalities, raising concerns about its safety and the risks of an upcoming 'unsupervised' full self-driving version.
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‘Tesla needs to…’: YouTuber faces backlash on social media after posting video of failed ‘crash test’ of his Model Y
In a video posted on his YouTube channel on Sunday, Mark Rober took his Tesla Model Y for the crash test but it seemingly failed it, after not being able to recognise a wall painted like a road.
·New Delhi, India
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