“My predictions about achieving full self-driving have been optimistic in the past,” Musk admitted to investors in 2023. Indeed, Musk has a long history of making outlandish promises and unfulfilled predictions about his businesses—and it's a habit that seems hard to break. “My predictions have a pretty good track record,” Musk told Tesla staff at an all-hands meeting in March. Photograph: Chris Weeks/Getty ImagesHowever, in April, Reuters reported that Tesla had scrapped plans for the cheap family car. Engineers from Tesla and SpaceX worked on Hyperloop for two years before the project was taken up by other companies in 2017.