Tesla Influencers Crash Within 60 Miles Attempting Musk's Promised Coast-to-Coast Self-Driving Demo
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Tesla shareholder-influencers attempted to complete Elon Musk's promised 2017 coast-to-coast self-driving demonstration but crashed within 60 miles, highlighting Tesla's continued failure to deliver on autonomous driving promises despite years of missed deadlines.
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In 2016, Elon Musk infamously said that Tesla would complete a fully self-driving coast-to-coast drive between Los Angeles and New York by the end of 2017.
The idea was to livestream or film a full unedited drive coast-to-coast with the vehicle driving itself at all times.
We are in 2025 and Tesla never made that drive.
Despite the many missed autonomous driving goals...
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