I asked Grok to provide a list of all of Elon Musk's timelines for Tesla to achieve self-driving:
2015: Elon Musk predicted that Tesla cars would achieve "full autonomy" by 2018.
2016: Musk claimed that Tesla would be able to demonstrate full autonomy from LA to New York by the following year. He also stated that all Teslas would become robotaxis by 2020.
2018: Musk updated the timeline for "fully self-driving capability" to be within "3 to 6 months" from February 2018.
2019: In April, Musk stated that Tesla would have mainstream cars capable of full autonomy in 5 years or less, with regulatory approval expected 2-3 years after that.
By October, he mentioned Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) would be in an early access program by the end of that year, with full unsupervised driving the following year.
2020: In July 2020, Musk stated that Tesla was "very close" to achieving Level 5 autonomous driving technology and could crack the puzzle that year.
In August, Musk mentioned on X (then Twitter) that the FSD improvement would come as a "quantum leap" and that he drove an alpha build with almost zero interventions between home and work, with a limited public release expected in "6 to 10 weeks."
By October, Musk confirmed on X that the latest build was capable of zero intervention drives, with a limited beta release planned in "a few weeks."
In December 2020, during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, Musk expressed extreme confidence in achieving Full Self-Driving (FSD) and releasing it to the fleet the next year, with some jurisdictions potentially achieving Level 5 autonomy.
2021: Musk suggested that Tesla would achieve full self-driving that year, with the ability to dispatch cars as robotaxis, and claimed "over 1 million robo-taxis" by the end of the year.
2022: In January, Musk again predicted achieving full self-driving that year.
Later in May, while in Brazil, he announced that Tesla would have self-driving cars without human drivers by around May 2023.
2023: Musk reiterated his confidence in achieving full self-driving by this year.
2024: In October, Musk stated that Tesla would start fully autonomous, unsupervised FSD in Texas and California for the Model 3 and Model Y the next year.
Also in 2024, he mentioned the Cybercab would be in production "before 2027" and predicted unsupervised FSD for Model 3 and Y in California and Texas by next year.
2025: Early in the year, Musk promised a launch of a fully unsupervised version of FSD in Texas, claiming "exponential improvement" in the software.
He also indicated that he would be "shocked" if Tesla couldn't launch unsupervised FSD by 2025.
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BREAKING: In a stunning announcement, Donald Trump admits he’ll implement Project 2025’s plan to gut the civil service and create a more politically driven government. It’s one of the ways Trump plans to abuse his power. Retweet so all Americans see this
BREAKING: In a stunning senile moment, Donald Trump just suggested it was Kamala Harris who treated Mike Pence poorly. Donald Trump clearly cannot remember anything. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this hypocritical and senile moment.
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Donald Trump chose to praise and admire Mark Robinson, a man who has said he wants to go back to an America where women can’t vote. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this and know we cannot go back to a world of Trump.
Today, Celine Dion’s management team and her record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc., became aware of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing “My Heart Will Go On” at a Donald Trump / JD Vance campaign rally in Montana.
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…And really, THAT song?
Donald Trump turns 80 five months before the next midterm elections. If he’s president at that time, #JDVance will be a heartbeat away from taking over from someone approaching 81. For anyone who’s still undecided, the very idea of “President Vance” should be a sobering thought.
BREAKING: Donald Trump gets devastating news as billionaire Mark Cuban and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman join forces and unite over 100 venture capitalists to back Kamala Harris for president.
And it gets even better...
"We spend our days looking for, investing in and supporting entrepreneurs who are building the future," reads the "VCs for Kamala" website. "We are pro-business, pro-American dream, pro-entrepreneurship, and pro-technological progress."
"We also believe in democracy as the backbone of our nation," the site goes on. "We believe that strong, trustworthy institutions are a feature, not a bug, and that our industry — and every other industry — would collapse without them."
"That is what’s at stake in this election. Everything else, we can solve through constructive dialogue with political leaders and institutions willing to talk to us. In this pivotal moment, we are united in our support for Vice President Kamala Harris," it reads.
The announcement is a powerful rebuke to far-right Silicon Valley billionaires like Elon Musk who have thrown their support behind Donald Trump's fascist movement in the hopes of more tax cuts.
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This is wild. CEO of Tesla, whose mission is to accelerate the advent of sustainable energy, is praising a climate change denier as VP.
Vance actually used to be one of the few Republicans pro-renewable energy, but as he got closer to GOP leadership, he changed his tune.
He even said "the whole EV thing is a scam".
BREAKING: Bombshell new report reveals that Donald Trump personally traveled to Mar-a-Lago to check "on the boxes" just weeks before the FBI raided the estate to seize illegally smuggled classified documents.
And it gets so much worse...
According to ABC News, the previously unreported trip was "kept quiet" by Trump aides and sources described it as "highly unusual." Usually, Trump spent his summers at Bedminster club in New Jersey.
Stranger still, Trump's living quarters at Mar-a-Lago were under construction during the time of the visit, meaning the trip wasn't just an impromptu vacation.
Clearly, something deeply shady was going on and given Trump's criminal nature, obstruction of justice seems like the most obvious explanation.
Thankfully, Special Counsel Jack Smith is aware of the trip and his prosecutors have questioned numerous witnesses about it, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
When the FBI ultimately raided Mar-a-Lago, they discovered large amounts of classified documents that Trump was not legally allowed to have in his possession. He was indicted on 37 felony charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Trump has fought aggressively to have his trial delayed and now we know why. The man has clearly been caught redhanded.
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