Elon Musk swears he ‘won’t let you down’ after Tesla self-driving humiliation

Posted on : October 20, 2022
Elon Musk swears he ‘won’t let you down’ after Tesla self-driving humiliation

Elon Musk has admitted that Tesla won't get regulatory approval for its full self-driving software this year, making it the eighth year in a row the car company has failed to deliver on its promise of a driverless future.

In an earnings call last night, Musk said that users of Tesla's $15,000 (£14,000) 'full self-driving' software will receive an upgraded version of it by the end of the year.

Musk claimed that while the cars aren't ready to become fully autonomous, drivers will rarely have to touch the controls.

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He said: "The car will be able to take you from your home to your work, your friend's house, the grocery store without you touching the wheel."

Musk added that the software won't have regulatory approval by the time of the update, but that Tesla aims to update Full Self-Driving in 2023 to prove to the governments that the car is safer than a human driver.

Last night, Musk tweeted: "I will not let you down, no matter what it takes." It's not exactly clear to which of his far-fetched promises Musk was referring, whether it's his buyout of Twitter, a Mars colony, or indeed, full self-driving technology in Tesla vehicles.

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Earlier this year, a video surfaced showing footage of Musk promising Teslas would be driverless 'next year' every single year since 2014.

A 2014 video shows him saying: "A Tesla car next year will probably be 90 percent capable of Autopilot, so 90 percent of your miles would be on Auto."

Meanwhile, a 2021 video shows him saying: "It's looking quite likely that it'll be next year."

It remains to be seen whether or not his latest promise of full self-driving will happen 'next year'.

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