FAILEDStated April 22, 2019
Elon MuskCEO, Tesla & xAI
"Next year for sure, we'll have over a million robotaxis on the road" — a Tesla fleet that would activate via an over-the-air update.
self-drivingrobotaxi
- Verdict
- Did not happen
- Deadline in claim
- During 2020
Assessment
Tesla had no commercial robotaxi fleet in 2020 — or by mid-2026, when only a small supervised test program (Austin, from 2025) existed. Missed by orders of magnitude. Failed.
Put this through The Wringer →Primary sources
- YouTubeTesla Autonomy Day2019-04-22 ↗
- Third-party articleTesla plans to launch a robotaxi network in 2020 (TechCrunch)2019-04-22 ↗
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