This 2016 Elon Musk Prediction About the Future Turned Out to Be Hilariously Wrong – Futurism

To be fair, lots of 2016 predictions didn't come true. I Summon You

When hes wrong, hes wrong, folks.

Way back in January 2016 remember 2016? before he was either the worlds richest man or Twitters favored heel, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that within approximately two years Tesla owners would be able to click a button and summon their self-driving cars across the country.

In ~2 years, summon should work anywhere connected by land & not blocked by borders, eg youre in LA and the car is in NY, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted, to endless accolades from his adoring stans.

It should come as no shock that Musks pipe dream, which hinges upon the concept of Teslas being able to operate full self-driving (FSD) mode successfully, has yet to come true in the six years since he sent that tweet.

Thats especially considering that its been eight years running that hes claimed the tech would happen in the subsequent year.

To be clear, these are far from the only broken promises Musk has made regarding Teslas there are so many, in fact, that in early 2021, one automotive magazine published a running list of them all.

AsRoad and Track noted, Musk said in 2019 that he was very confident that there would be upwards of a million autonomous Tesla robotaxies on the streets of major cities by 2020.Hasnt happened yet, people.

As always, were forced to ask: why do people keep buying this guys boastful claims when his track record is so hit or miss?

READ MORE: Checking in on All the Promises Elon Musk and Tesla Have Made [Road & Track]

More FSD: Tesla Fires Employee Who Posted Shocking YouTube Videos About Its Full Self-Driving Beta

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