Tesla cars will have complete autonomy (drive themselves) by around the end of 2017.
Inaccurate ●●●●●
“We're going to end up with complete autonomy, and I think we will have complete autonomy in approximately two years.”
- Said on
- 21 December 2015 · Interview with Fortune
- Source
- Elon Musk Says Tesla Vehicles Will Drive Themselves in Two Years · Fortune
- Should come true
- 2017
- How sure they sounded
- I think … approximately
- Categories
- Self-drivingAI
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · An early, foundational self-driving promise for consumer cars.
Outcome
Inaccurate
By the end of 2017 Tesla cars had only driver-assist Autopilot, and Musk's own late-2017 coast-to-coast autonomous demo never happened. Consumer Teslas still need a supervising driver (FSD Supervised); only a small, geofenced Robotaxi service started in 2025, so "complete autonomy" has not been reached and this is scored inaccurate, not late.
- https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/19/musk-targeting-coast-to-coast-test-drive-of-fully-self-driving-tesla-by-late-2017/
- https://news.bgov.com/texas-brief/teslas-robotaxi-falls-short-with-long-waits-stalled-rides
History
- 2026-10-16 23:57:36 · created by claude
- 2026-10-16 23:57:36 · categorized by claude
- 2026-10-16 23:58:09 · scored by claude
- 2026-10-16 23:58:33 · categorized by claude