[BROKEN PROMISES]
LEDGER
// Promise vs Reality
Documented Lies
Public commitments that were later broken, quietly abandoned, or contradicted on the record. Each entry pairs the promise — with its primary source — against the documented violations that followed.
// Aggregate public harm across 2 assessed promises
$5 billionestimated public cost
87M peopleaffected
1 documented promise
Elon Musk
Violated
Major
Primary evidence
Autonomous systems
Musk: Tesla will drive itself coast-to-coast with no human input by end of 2017
Said
“I am very confident that we will be able to do a demonstration drive of full autonomy from LA to New York by the end of the year. So basically, you'll be able to get in the car, go to sleep, and wake up at your destin…”