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LudwigPastorius

(14,116 posts)
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:31 PM 14 hrs ago

Here's everything Elon Musk promised in 2025 - and failed to deliver.

https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-failed-to-deliver-on-2025-promises

By now, everyone knows that Elon Musk is very much an optimist when it comes to making predictions.

That's the nice way to put it. To be blunt, Musk is a "bullshit artist." He makes promises he can't keep. For example, everyone now is likely very familiar with his infamous 2011 interview with the Wall Street Journal where he said he'd put a man on Mars in 10 years. That was 14 years ago now and we're nowhere near putting anyone on Mars. Years ago, Musk also touted his proposed Hyperloop train system as a way to quickly transport people between cities; that never came to fruition and was likely a ruse to stop other transit projects.

With 2025 nearly over, Mashable decided to revisit his predictions related to this year. Time has run out. What did Musk promise for this year that didn't come to fruition?

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TL: DR version:

1) People on Mars by 2025
2) Tesla robotaxis would cover half the U.S. population
3) Fully driverless Tesla robotaxis
4) xAI would achieve AGI
5) A flying car/demo of the long-awaited Tesla Roadster
6) DOGE would cut $2 trillion in "waste, fraud, and abuse"
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Here's everything Elon Musk promised in 2025 - and failed to deliver. (Original Post) LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago OP
He made a shit ton of money off Trump Johonny 14 hrs ago #1
"That future shit is all fake." LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #2

Johonny

(25,335 posts)
1. He made a shit ton of money off Trump
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 10:56 PM
14 hrs ago

And thus, got what he wanted. He is one evil fuck. All he really cares about is money. That future shit is all fake. It's money he loves.

LudwigPastorius

(14,116 posts)
2. "That future shit is all fake."
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:06 PM
14 hrs ago

Yeah, yet some people still lap that shit up, throwing their money at his companies in the hope of a piece of the action.

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