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How It Started on 2024-10-10

Elon promised that the robotaxi, named Cybercab, would be ready and available in two years from now (source: the Verge, one of the few news sites that still employs journalists with functioning brain cells). I’m generous, I will give him until end of December 2026. The second claim he made was that it would cost under $30,000.

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How It Started on 2024-07-28

Elon previously claimed he would reveal the robotaxi on August 8th, 2024, but backpedaled during the earnings call.

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How It Started on 2024-04-05

On April 5, 2024, Elon posted a Tweet on Xitter saying that Tesla will reveal its robotaxi on August 8th. He did not mention which year, but everyone makes the assumption it is 2024. Source: The Verge

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How It Started on 2023-10-20

During the Q3 2023 earnings call, Elon Musk announced that the first Cybertruck deliveries will take place during a special event on November 30, 2023. Source: Ars Technica

I got at least one thing right: Musk complained again that making Cybertrucks is hard (“we dug our own grave with the Cybertruck”.)

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How It Started on 2023-07-27

The Full Self Driving story started back in 2013, but I’m not going that far back in time, partly because my own recollection of events is fuzzy about what Elon claimed back then. I’m starting from this year, and Elon declared that with v12, Full Self Driving was going out of beta (therefore implying for the general public that it will indeed be true Full Self Driving). Source: Electrek

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