Is anyone really surprised?
For years, Elon Musk has made bold claims about how far Tesla is to attaining Level 5 autonomy in its cars. In July last year, he said that Tesla was "very close" to doing just that, a claim that was quickly dismissed by industry experts. With this in mind, Tesla's latest announcement comes as little surprise. The company has apparently informed a regulator in California that it may not achieve full self-driving technology before the end of 2021. This information was contained in a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) memo.
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Clearly, Musk's overconfidence has caught up with him once again because it was earlier this year that he claimed to be "highly confident the car will be able to drive itself with reliability in excess of human this year." Considering the teething issues that Tesla has had in rolling out its full self-driving software (which isn't actually fully self-driving at all), it's obvious why the company wouldn't be ready with the tech in 2021.