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Musk Says Tesla Is ‘Very Close’ to Developing Fully Autonomous Vehicles
- ‘Full Self Driving’ feature hasn’t lived up to name since 2016
- CEO is confident functionality will be worked out this year
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Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk said the carmaker is on the verge of developing technology to render its vehicles fully capable of driving themselves, repeating a claim he’s made for years but been unable to achieve.
The chief executive officer has long offered exuberant takes on the capabilities of Tesla cars, even going so far as to start charging customers thousands of dollars for a “Full Self Driving” feature in 2016. Years later, Tesla still requires users of its Autopilot system to be fully attentive and ready to take over the task of driving at any time.