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Did he ever promise a date? AFAIK he only ever gave estimates. As any engineer knows, estimates are hard and tend to be too optimistic, especially with new tech
by memish 4y ago
Did he ever promise a date? AFAIK he only ever gave estimates. As any engineer knows, estimates are hard and tend to be too optimistic, especially with new tech.
- dont__panic 4y agoMusk has repeatedly supplied dates a year or two in the future for self driving, robotaxi, etc. capabilities: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a35350331/checking-in-on-all-the-promises-elon-musk-and-tesla-have-made/ https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a35350331/checking-in-on-a... Sure, you can chalk that up as an estimate. But he says these things with such specific confidence, and supplies an exact year, to a point where he's not really "estimating" how long something will take -- he's making a promise, and breaking it. Because Elon fans will make up excuse after excuse for him.