Elon Musk’s robotaxi fantasy is starting to unravel
Last night, Elon Musk did what he does best: promise amillionsa of autonomous Tesla vehicles would be on the road by the end of next year.
Itas become a familiar refrain. Every year since at least 2020, Musk has promised Tesla vehicles will finally achieve their full self-driving capabilities. And every year, those promises fail to come to fruition. Tesla has come under investigation for numerous fatalities involving its vehicles and its driver assist features, Autopilot and Full Self-Driving. His rivals continue to outpace him. And Musk has even acknowledged his overly optimistic outlook by labeling himself athe boy who cried FSD.a
aI predict that there will be millions of Teslas operating autonomously, fully autonomously,Ain the second half of next year.a
That fantasy of millions of autonomous Tesla vehicles is getting closer to reality, Musk promised again last night. Youall be able to sleep in your car and wake up at your destination by the end of this year, he vowed. As Teslaas financial problems mount, the billionaire CEO seems eager to shift focus away from the drab realities of running a car company amid a tumultuous global trade war, and toward a mor …