Watch: Autonomous Race Car Crashes Before It Starts

Well, that didn’t go as planned.

From Coast to Coast AM: A future filled with autonomous vehicles got a temporary setback this week when a self-driving race car drove directly into a wall before crossing the start line. The spectacular fail took place during the live broadcast of the Roborace autonomous-vehicle race series. Swiss-based Acronis SIT Autonomous fielded the directionally-challenged car, which sustained significant damage in the wall crash. The team was not immediately able to determine the cause of the vehicular mishap.