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FSD better than human by end of 2023
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Elon Musk promised 1.8 million Tesla deliveries in 2023 by the end of 2023. It happened, but 2 days late.
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“We continue to target 1.8 million vehicle deliveries this year, although we expect that Q3 production will be a little bit down because we've got summer shutdowns to for a lot of factory upgrades.”
— Elon Musk · Jul 19, 2023 · Tesla Q2 2023 earnings call, 2023-07-19 (transcript) ↗
What actually happened
Musk targeted 1.8 million deliveries in 2023. Tesla delivered 1,808,581. CNBC Jan 2 2024 — Tesla 2023 total 1.8 million ↗
The Progression
Jul 19, 2023
The promise: “We continue to target 1.8 million vehicle deliveries this year, although we expect that Q3 production will be a little bit down because we've got summer shutdowns to for a lot of factory upgrades.” · Tesla Q2 2023 earnings call, 2023-07-19 (transcript) ↗
Jan 2, 2024
Delivered — 2 days late. Musk targeted 1.8 million deliveries in 2023. Tesla delivered 1,808,581. CNBC Jan 2 2024 — Tesla 2023 total 1.8 million ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Delivered · 2 days late. It happened.
On Tesla's July 2023 earnings call Elon Musk said Tesla still targeted 1.8 million deliveries for the year. It delivered 1,808,581.
Receipts
LAST CHECKED 2026-10-11- [TRANSCRIPT] Tesla Q2 2023 earnings call, 2023-07-19 (transcript)
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