Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric-vehicle maker is “very close” to achieving fully autonomous driving, predicting the advanced driving system will be ready this year.
“In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving without human supervision,” Mr. Musk said via video link at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, on July 6.
“This is only speculation, but I think we’ll achieve full self-driving—maybe what level you would call 4 or 5—I think later this year,” he said.
The billionaire admitted that he had been wrong in predicting the timeline regarding autonomous driving previously, but he added that he feels the automaker is “closer to it than we ever have been.”…