How Elon Musk’s Promises for Self-Driving, AI and Robots Clashed With Reality

Whether you consider Elon Musk a visionary or a liar, he has a long record of publicly setting aggressive deadlines that his companies don’t meet. Barring any big breakthroughs over the next few days, the 2025 list will include high-profile promises on robotics manufacturing, robotaxis and AI models that fell short. 

On one hand, that’s business as usual for the Musk companies. But the stakes have risen drastically as investors have propelled Tesla, SpaceX and xAI valuations higher.