Even if I don't want to, I can't help but keep up with his marketing-claims through the interests I have. My take, being aware of him but not focused, is that beta-FSD has already been released! ... I mean ... what? Maybe I've got it wrong.
The only specific statement I've read from him is that the basic functionality for level five will be available this year.
What's interesting to me is that people seem to attribute what news articles synthesize about his statements as statements made by him.
Musk promised the coast to coast drive in 2017:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/19/13341100/tesla-self-driv...
Then admitted he couldn't do it in 2017:
https://www.autonews.com/article/20180208/MOBILITY/180209770...
This isn't the media delivering a dishonest commentary. These are his words.
But yeah, we can have both.
Those were his words in that situation, and he was called out for it. In this situation, the media is delivering dishonest commentary, and trying to call him out for their commentary.
To me, FSD is ... FSD ... what's FSD if it isn't level 5?
Sorry, to Elon fans (and I appreciate Tesla), but it's nonsense and people are fools to put up with it, let alone pay $10k or whatever it is for the "opportunity" to have it later.
As for the specifics, it's what's described on the Tesla website.