Elon Musk said on Tesla’s Q2 2026 earnings call on July 22 that Tesla expects to have self-driving working on the Tesla Semi “probably around the end of this year or early next year.” He cited a labor shortage, stating “There just aren’t enough people around who want to drive trucks,” and framed driverless trucks as improving “safety and comfort for truck drivers.” However, Musk also noted Tesla is focusing self-driving work on high-volume vehicles — Model 3, Model Y, and Cybercab — and that Semi autonomy is “taking a bit of a backseat for the next six months or so.” The article highlights Musk’s historical record on self-driving deadlines, citing data from MuskOmeter tracking 94 public predictions: eight were delivered on time (9%), and 46 failed outright. It counts roughly 10 self-driving and robotaxi deadlines since 2013, all missed. Examples include an October 2016 promise of a cross-country drive by end of 2017, a 2019 “feature complete” claim, a 2020 promise of 1 million robotaxis, and a July 2020 “100% confident” Level 5 autonomy prediction. The Semi was originally supposed to enter production years ago.