‘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.
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Read Full ArticleTesla Autopilot Drives A Model Y Full Blast Into Wall With A Road Painted On It
tesla model y autopilot Like something straight out of a Road Runner cartoon, Tesla autopilot drove a Model Y head-on, full-blast into a wall with a road painted on it. Thankfully, it was just a Styrofoam wall that was created to test the Tesla autopilot, so no one got hurt by the grave error. The experiment, conducted by YouTuber Mark Rober, demonstrated the differences between autopilot vehicles that use cameras and those that use Light Detect…
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