For Tesla, it’s always someone else’s fault!

Once again, Elon Musk accused the evil regulators of hindering the arrival of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) in the Old Continent.

According to Elon Musk, these delays jeopardize the safety of citizens by depriving them of a Tesla technology that he believes is objectively more reliable than human driving. This refrain of autonomous driving being safer than human driving is Musk’s new battle cry, but it quickly overlooks that it is currently only allowed under human supervision! Behind these outraged statements, is it not Musk himself who is playing a dangerous game with the timeline and expectations?

For years, the head of Tesla has made bold announcements about the imminence of a driverless future. The Robotaxi was already “for next year” in 2019. Even today, the promise of a launch in Austin this week generates as much excitement as skepticism. In Europe, the arrival of the FSD is now expected in 2025. But with so many missed deadlines and vague commitments, Tesla’s credibility is eroding. European regulators, often more cautious than their American counterparts, are merely doing their job, which is to demand serious guarantees before validating such a critical system.

And tomorrow Tesla shaves for free?

Elon Musk seems to forget that his own inaccuracies have undermined trust in his projects. Regulators are not blind to the past failures of Autopilot, nor to the ongoing lawsuits in the United States. They are demanding concrete proof, not enthusiastic tweets. If the wait is prolonged, it may not be solely due to bureaucracy, but also because of the communication strategy that is disconnected from Tesla’s technical realities.

The tale of the misunderstood genius blocked by a rigid system quickly finds its limits. By continuously blaming others, Musk neglects his own share of responsibility for these repeated delays. The “it’s the fault of others” can only hold for so long. And even for Elon Musk, no matter how powerful and media-savvy he is, this excuse is no longer sufficient.

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