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Sleep in your car and wake at your destination in 5-6 years

Elon Musk promised Sleep in your car and wake at your destination in 5-6 years (2014) by Oct 10, 2020. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.

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“Like maybe five or six years from now, I think we'll be able to achieve true autonomous driving where you could literally get in the car, go to sleep and wake up at your destination.”
— Elon Musk · Oct 10, 2014 · Interview with Bloomberg (October 10, 2014), video, ~00:03:38 00:03:38 ↗
Video: Interview with Bloomberg (October 10, 2014), video, ~00:03:38
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 00:03:38 — INTERVIEW WITH BLOOMBERG (OCTOBER 10, 2014), VIDEO, ~00:03:38
What actually happened

By October 2020 Tesla's FSD beta had only just reached a small group of testers and still needed constant supervision. No Tesla could drive while its owner slept. Wikipedia: Tesla Autopilot / FSD history ↗

The Progression

Oct 10, 2014
The promise: “Like maybe five or six years from now, I think we'll be able to achieve true autonomous driving where you could literally get in the car, go to sleep and wake up at your destination.” · Interview with Bloomberg (October 10, 2014), video, ~00:03:38 00:03:38 ↗
Oct 10, 2020
Deadline passed. By October 2020 Tesla's FSD beta had only just reached a small group of testers and still needed constant supervision. No Tesla could drive while its owner slept. Wikipedia: Tesla Autopilot / FSD history ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Missed · 2,193 days past due. Never happened.

Talking to Bloomberg at the 2014 Autopilot launch, Elon Musk said true autonomous driving, where you could go to sleep and wake up at your destination, was maybe five or six years away.

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