Elan Musk promises full self-driveing car features by end of 2019

[Mark McM]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/19/elon...-the-year.html

"I think we will be feature complete — full self-driving — this year," Musk said. "Meaning the car will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up and take you all the way to your destination without an intervention, this year. I would say I am of certain of that. That is not a question mark."

""However," he added, "people sometimes will extrapolate that to mean now it works with 100 percent certainty, requires no observation, perfectly. This is not the case."

"My guess as to when we would think it is safe for somebody to essentially fall asleep and wake up at their destination? Probably towards the end of next year," he said. "That is when I think it would be safe enough for that."

Many people believe that practical, safe, self-driving cars are inevitable. But does anyone else believe that it happen by the end of next year?

[bicycletricycle]

I do not believe next year but Elon always exaggerates. I wonder what kind of testing the government will require for this kind of operation.

[Ozz]

Whenever I hear about self driving cars, this comes to mind:

"You are experiencing a car accident!"

"The hell I am!!"

Cheers

[dancinkozmo]

the guy is seriously losing it

[slambers3]

I welcome robot drivers, assuming they’re more cognizant of cyclists/pedestrian traffic than the human driver being replaced.

[rnhood]

People will buy the hip and overpriced german cars like BMW cause they are fun to drive, then turn around and by driverless cars.

[kppolich]

Yet another shock and awe promise from the man in the high castle to bump the stock up. Great, great idea. Timeline not possible due to technology, regulations, and cost prohibiting consumer buy in at this time.

[joosttx]

You guys need to listen to my cousin's, Tasha Keeney, podcast with Elon she did last week. Its the basis of this article.



https://ark-invest.com/research/podc...n-musk-podcast

[andeww]

Ya but did she smoke weed with him ?

will look into it ! thats cool

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by andeww

Ya but did she smoke weed with him ?

will look into it ! thats cool

Lol, she said she didnt. We are all very proud of her. She was on CNBC today doing the Talking Head thing too.

[gemship]

If Tesla is serious about making money selling all electric vehicles they really need to step it up with a product Americans will buy. It's called a 4wd truck and I believe the Detriot based Rivian can and will beat them to it.

[CunegoFan]

Originally Posted by gemship

If Tesla is serious about making money selling all electric vehicles they really need to step it up with a product Americans will buy. It's called a 4wd truck and I believe the Detriot based Rivian can and will beat them to it.

Will real Americans buy a truck that cannot roll coal?

[gemship]

Originally Posted by CunegoFan

Will real Americans buy a truck that cannot roll coal?

Have you seen the Rivian? I dunno about coal rolling rednecks but this truck makes a claimed 800hp and has a 400 mile range and lots of extra cargo space. The real issue is who wants to spend 70k on a truck?

[rnhood]

Many 4-door pickups with a V8 and 4WD will cost near $70, and the woods is full of them, even in Florida.

The Rivian looks nice, and I think even the big V8 aficionados might be open to a 180KW truck with 4 motors, 400 mile range and a 3 second 0-60 acceleration. Of course cold weather will reduce that range, and I suspect the top model will run closer to $100k. But at least in my opinion, a person gets far more value out of it than that Tesla car, junk or whatever.

If it comes with a decent warranty, and lives up to its advertise specs then it will likely sell - especially in our good economy. I still wouldn't buy one though, I just can't see spending over $30 or $40k on new car even it goes to the moon.

[FlashUNC]

Modern-day Preston Tucker sure is out there.