This kind of claim — that they are making and breaking promises — is really flame bait. Every time I have asked for links to these promises, people have been unable to provide them.

Instead they provide links to articles where Elon said he "expects" or "thinks" or "predicts" (or, the most utterly damning case which I saw just once, "is certain") of something.

Where generally the something is either:

A) not even full self driving

B) or not on production cars, but only on prototype cars, and rightly so, because a regulatory approval will be needed.

I don't think these mythical "promises" really exist, except in the minds of people who have not understood what has been presented.

Of course you left yourself an out with the word "soon." OK, I think they can get away with saying that, but you have to be discerning as a reader and understand that the time scale is not going to be weeks or months.

did I ever say I believed him?