You have a great way of starting a discussion, we should all begin with childish, crude cursing.

I read the article you link to and yes, he did tell investors that. Gosh, you're surprised that a company founder/owner exaggerated the future benefits of their product? Amazing.

But the public policy, and what every Tesla buyer is told (and, yes, I know Tesla owners) has always been to warn buyers that someone must be in the driver's seat at all times when the car is driven. Has no one else ever talked up their product (in this case, one of many products built by Tesla) in order to keep investors from selling off company stock? Of course they have and it certainly isn't rare, as you naively seem to believe. I've yet to see a report about a Tesla vehicle involved in an accident that hasn't stressed that Tesla's vehicles require a driver to be behind the wheel. And the people stupid enough to not know that certainly weren't on that weren't involved in that earning's call, right? Were you a big investor and that's why you're so angry? They were just arrogant show offs and paid the price for doing something nearly everyone (except perhaps you) already knows. So, is your next target Cadillac, because they claim their cars can safely drive on highways? They also tell buyers that a driver must be behind the wheel at all times.

Being "highly confident" isn't something serious investors make decisions based on. At least, I don't and I'm not a big-time investor but I'm also not stupid.

Did you even read that entire article and just cheery pick the one sentence that backs your claim? That's being dishonest in a manner worse than what Musk told investors because he spoke of what he expected to happen -in the future, not today, as you did.

"Tesla indicated that Elon is extrapolating on the rates of improvement when speaking about L5 capabilities. Tesla couldn't say if the rate of improvement would make it to L5 by end of calendar year," the DMV memo read." Even the company didn't say they wouldn't reach that point, but that they don't expect to. Elon Musk exaggerates many things, and accomplishes many things. And you have never exaggerate? Of course you do.

Now, run along now, since you act like such a child, and cry yourself to sleep because, gasp, a company misled investors, which implies you're really not all that bright, and that statement on an earnings call cost you a huge sum of money. I won't resort to using the kind of language you use letting anger control what you say means you have little of substance to say, anyway.