Tesla Autopilot director contradicts Musk’s self-driving timeline
In January's Tesla earnings call, an analyst asked Elon Musk about his belief that Tesla would achieve Level 5 autonomy—jargon for a car that can drive itself in all situations—by the end of the year.
"I'm confident based on my understanding of the technical roadmap and the progress that we're making between each beta iteration," Musk said.
But six weeks later, Tesla's director of Autopilot software, CJ Moore, contradicted Musk in a March meeting with California regulators. That's according to a memo obtained by transparency site Plainsite via a freedom of information request. According to LinkedIn, Moore has been at Tesla for almost seven years and became director of Autopilot software in 2019. He was one of four Tesla representatives who participated in a conference call with officials from California's Department of Motor Vehicles on March 9.
