A new video shows that Musk has said that he will drive himself next year.
In August of last year, Musk made good on his promise to make an automated trip across the country by the end of the year. The trip never happened.
It is a portrait of a man that has gained a lot from reassuring investors that he will come true to his word. While he has delivered on many of his promises, like self-driving cars, electric pickup trucks, and electric semis, some of his endeavors are proving more difficult to realize.
The clip, uploaded by the unapologetically named YouTube Channel Bullshit Exposed, shows that Musk has been predicting that self-driving cars are less than a year away, while in the technology has yet to roll out to the public.
In an interview with CNN, Musk said that autonomous cars would be a reality. Next year, the autopilot will probably be 90 percent capable of autopilot. 90 percent of your miles can be on auto. For sure highway travel.
In a 2016 interview, Musk said that all of the cars that leave the factory have all the hardware necessary for Level 5 autonomy, a level of still-unrealized capability that would allow passengers to be taken to their destination without the need of a steering wheel or pedals.
In an interview in the beginning of the year, Musk promised that he would feature full self-driving this year. This year, the car will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up and take you all the way to your destination without an intervention.
He went even further.
He thought it was safe for someone to fall asleep and wake up at their destination. Towards the end of next year.
That has not happened. He was back to his old tricks by 2020 when people were supposed to be sleeping in the driver's seat.
In a video message recorded for the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in July 2020, he said he was confident that the basic functions for level 5 autonomy would be completed this year.
No one could have predicted that a seemingly endless epidemic would force global supply lines to their knees. It is not clear how much the COVID-19 crisis affected the roll out of the full self-driving software.
Musk has a battle with regulators. Features that allow advanced computer networks to take care of driving during potentially life-threatening scenarios will inevitably be heavily scrutinized.
The car company made strides in developing its self-driving technologies, releasing an early version of its controversial Full Self-Driving (FSD) software last year.
For an additional $10,000, customers can opt in to the company's flagship feature called Autopilot.
The feature doesn't allow the cars to drive themselves, despite its name.
Several incidents involving vehicles that had the feature turned on before colliding with emergency response vehicles are under investigation by US regulators.
The Associated Press reported this week that prosecutors in California charged a man with two counts of vehicular manslaughter after he ran a red light and crashed into another car, killing two people.
Are we really getting a glimpse of the future of self- driving? Is fully autonomously driving going to happen this year? That is far from certain, given Musk's track record.
Musk admitted in July that self-driving is a hard problem to solve. The difficulty is obvious in retrospect.
The driver of a self-driving car has been charged with manslaughter.
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