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Tesla Owners Waiting Years for Self-Driving Could Get Some Company

Elon Musk says the carmaker is in talks about licensing its driving system to a major manufacturer.

Tesla’s Model Y at a launch event in Kuala Lumpur.

Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg
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Elon Musk sighed and snickered during Tesla Inc.’s latest earnings call, then let loose a familiar prediction.

“I know I’m the boy who cried FSD,” he said, referring to the feature Tesla has marketed as Full Self-Driving. “But man, I think we’ll be better than human by the end of this year.”