AI illustration: Hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas in the US by end of 2026
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Elon Musk promised Hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas in the US by the end of 2026 by the end of 2026. It hasn't happened yet, with 80 days left.

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“But my prediction is that probably by the end of next year we will have probably hundreds of thousands, if not— Over a million Teslas doing self-driving in the U.S.”
— Elon Musk · May 20, 2025 · CNBC interview with David Faber, May 20 2025 (transcript) ↗
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May 20, 2025
The promise: “But my prediction is that probably by the end of next year we will have probably hundreds of thousands, if not— Over a million Teslas doing self-driving in the U.S.” · CNBC interview with David Faber, May 20 2025 (transcript) ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Pending · 80 days left. Still waiting.

In a May 2025 CNBC interview Elon Musk predicted that by the end of 2026 there would be hundreds of thousands, if not over a million, Teslas self-driving in the US with no one needing to watch the road.

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