Elon Musk, covered elsewhere in this site for his involvement in DOGE and other Acts of Evil is, essentially, a conman. Unfortunately, this is not widely recognized so he continues to wield outsized influence in the United States and, indeed, the world.
Help the people you talk with understand this better with the following links,
- Wikipedia keeps a list of all of the times that he’s publicly predicted/promised that Tesla will have autonomous vehicles by a specific date along with whether that prediction came true. The vast majority of the time, it did not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autonomous_Tesla_vehicles_by_Elon_Musk
- Wired has a similar list of promises that Musk has made but failed to keep. Their list extends well beyond Tesla and into all of the other branches of his business empire. https://www.wired.com/story/theres-a-very-simple-pattern-to-elon-musks-broken-promises/
And The Verge has some insight into the corps of Musk fanboys/girls who work hard to ensure that Musk’s public image remains untarnished. https://www.theverge.com/tesla/694333/tesla-robotaxi-media-influencers-musk-fans