Musk wasn't wrong - he just wasn't the person to deliver it. Waymo, AFAICT works astonishingly in San Francisco. I think you can argue that it might not work in the snow, but that's pretty much it
Musk was wrong. He said specifically and unequivocally that Tesla would be delivering fully autonomous vehicles to customers within a year, every year for the last 8 years.
Just to get ahead of anybody claiming it was not a firm promise, in 2019: “ I think we will be feature-complete full self-driving this year, meaning the car will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up, take you all the way to your destination without an intervention — this year. I would say that I am certain of that. That is not a question mark." [1]
See that part where he says: “I would say that I am certain of that. That is not a question mark.” That is called a firm promise.
If Musk was right we would've been there almost a decade ago.
And we're still not really there yet. They work great during some conditions and in certain areas, but they're still nowhere close to making human drivers obsolete.
Just to get ahead of anybody claiming it was not a firm promise, in 2019: “ I think we will be feature-complete full self-driving this year, meaning the car will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up, take you all the way to your destination without an intervention — this year. I would say that I am certain of that. That is not a question mark." [1]
See that part where he says: “I would say that I am certain of that. That is not a question mark.” That is called a firm promise.
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-doubles-down-on-cl...