Elon Time, quantified.

"Two weeks" is a unit of hope, not time. Across 181 tracked predictions, when a deadline slips, the median slipped prediction takes ×1.5 the promised time — and that excludes the 79 that never arrived at all.

The Elon-Time Converter

Elon says:
→ history says:

Median Elon-Time multiplier ×1.5, derived from every late-but-delivered prediction with a dated promise. The 79 promises that never arrived are excluded — so consider this the optimistic case.

AI illustration: Elon Musk shrugging beside a giant melting clock

Latest deliveries on record

Miss rate by company

RESOLVED CLAIMS ONLY
Tesla
52 of 88 resolved missed
SpaceX
16 of 21 resolved missed
Neuralink
3 of 5 resolved missed
xAI
2 of 5 resolved missed
X
0 of 2 resolved missed
Boring Company
4 of 4 resolved missed
General
2 of 2 resolved missed

House records

Total goalposts moved
40
Distinct deadline revisions across all claims.
Average delivery delay
269 days
Mean lateness across everything that shipped late.
Delivered, eventually
48
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