PendingTalk to Grok in FSD within ~3 months
“This functionality will be there in about 3 months or so.”
“Probably over 30k people working in high-paying jobs at Tesla HQ & manufacturing in Austin by 2028!”
— Elon Musk · Sep 3, 2026 · @elonmusk on X, Sep 3 2026 afternoon CT ↗
See his original post on XLoads Elon's actual tweet, right here.
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What actually happened
Pending. Claim made Sep 3 2026. Baseline in quoted post ~16,500 Austin-area Tesla workers. Delivered if credible count of Tesla HQ + manufacturing employees in Austin exceeds 30,000 by end of 2028. Primary tweet — awaiting 2028 headcount evidence ↗
The Progression
Sep 3, 2026
The promise: “Probably over 30k people working in high-paying jobs at Tesla HQ & manufacturing in Austin by 2028!” · @elonmusk on X, Sep 3 2026 afternoon CT ↗
Today · Sep 3, 2026
Status: Pending · 850 days left. Still waiting.
On September 3 2026, Elon Musk quote-tweeted a post about Tesla employment in Austin and wrote that there will probably be over 30k people in high-paying jobs at Tesla HQ and manufacturing in Austin by 2028. That is roughly a doubling from the ~16,500 figure in the quoted post, timed to the end of 2028.
Receipts
LAST CHECKED 2026-09-03Tesla’s record
Delivered
47
59% of resolved claims delivered.
Missed
32
Deadline passed, still no-show.
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