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90% autopilot capable by 2015
“A Tesla car next year will probably be 90-percent capable of autopilot. Like, so 90 percent of your miles c…”
“You will also be able to add your car to the Tesla shared fleet just by tapping a button on the Tesla phone app and have it generate income for you while you're at work or on vacation, significantly offsetting and at times potentially exceeding the monthly loan or lease cost.”
— Elon Musk · Jul 20, 2016 · Elon Musk, 'Master Plan, Part Deux', tesla.com blog, July 20 2016 ↗
What actually happened
Nearly a decade later, no Tesla owner has ever been able to add their car to a shared autonomous fleet. The promise was conditioned on regulatory approval of true self-driving — which Tesla obtained in Austin in 2025-2026 — yet the owner-fleet button still does not exist. In July 2025 Musk re-promised it 'confidently next year' (2026), a restatement tracked separately. Fortune — Musk still promising owner cars join the robotaxi network 'next year' (July 2025) ↗
The Progression
Jul 20, 2016
The promise: “You will also be able to add your car to the Tesla shared fleet just by tapping a button on the Tesla phone app and have it generate income for you while you're at work or on vacation, significantly offsetting and at times potentially exceeding the monthly loan or lease cost.” · Elon Musk, 'Master Plan, Part Deux', tesla.com blog, July 20 2016 ↗
Today · Jun 12, 2026
Status: Missed · no deadline given. Never happened.
The original 'Tesla shared fleet' promise from Master Plan, Part Deux (July 2016) said owners would one day tap a button and let their car earn income while they work or vacation — the seed of every later robotaxi-income claim, including the 2019 promise that a Tesla could earn its owner $30,000 a year. As of mid-2026, ten years of restatements later, the feature has never shipped.
Receipts
LAST CHECKED 2026-06-12- [HIS BLOG] Elon Musk, 'Master Plan, Part Deux', tesla.com blog, July 20 2016
- [SOURCE] Archive.org snapshot, July 30 2016 (quote verified verbatim against this capture)
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