Less than 30 minutes from now, you’re likely going to hear Elon Musk make some bold predictions. We probably don’t need to remind you, but here are some other times when Musk has been, shall we say, a little too optimistic about Tesla’s timelines:
- Musk told Fortune in 2015 that Tesla was two years away from reaching full autonomous driving. He has also said that Tesla would reach full autonomy “next year” or “this year” more times than we can count. Nine years later, it’s still not here.
- In 2016, Musk unveiled a set of Tesla solar roof tiles. They never really came out.
- In 2018, Musk said he would start a candy company. Musk never started a candy company.
- During Tesla’s 2019 Autonomy Day, Musk said Tesla would have a fleet of a million robotaxis on the road by 2020. It’s been over five years and still nothin’.
- And earlier this year, Musk said Optimus robots would be performing tasks in Tesla factories by the end of 2024. We’ve still got two months, but that one doesn’t seem to have happened yet either.
This is not even close to all of the Elon predictions that have not come true. We don’t have all night though.
