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Fortune
Amanda Gerut

Elon Musk claims full self driving is so advanced Tesla owners are turning it off and steering with their knees to check their text messages

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk attends the inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Photo by Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images)
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors and analysts the electric vehicle maker’s investments in autonomous vehicles and robots may have set it on a path to becoming the most valuable company in the world.  

During a call with investors and analysts on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is on course to reap immense gains in the coming years due to its development of autonomy. In fact, he said Tesla’s full self driving (FSD) feature has advanced so profoundly in its development that drivers are turning the feature off so they don’t get hit with a series of annoying beeps for removing their hands from the steering wheel. 

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