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by CJefferson 2121 days ago
As you say, Musk has been claiming self-driving is 6 months away for years now, yet whenever a crash happens they claim drivers must keep full attention. How is that not the definition of a con-man?
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I’m not sure I follow... you and Musk agree FSD isn’t here now, so of course drivers must keep full attention.

As to him making claims about the future, perhaps he believes it. In any case, there is a history of his companies doing “the impossible”; economical reuse of rockets was considered by many to be hot gas by him. Conmen don’t usually deliver to that level.

Plus the horrible quality of of the cars too.
I imagine that for people who bought the cars, the other characteristics outweigh build quality.

Separately, you might be interested to know that apparently the build quality has gone up quite a bit recently: https://youtu.be/TOrrdqje9Og