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by starik36 244 days ago
Elon's predictions are usually very late, but they do happen. Falcon 9 landings, self driving vehicles, etc... Later than predicted, but they happened.
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What about hyperloop, martian colonization, or rocket replacing airplanes?

Here's a list; https://elonmusk.today/

Those don't even seem later than predicted yet.
Elon's predictions are usually very late, but they do happen.

"I see a path to Twitter exceeding a billion monthly users in 12 to 18 months." — 11/27/2022

Technically true. The path where he doesn't alienate half the population.
We're still waiting on the self driving vehicles. His promise was coast to coast on its own: https://electrek.co/2025/09/21/tesla-influencers-tried-elon-...

by 2017!