Elon Musk said Tesla Autopilot will hit a big milestone a year later than he first predicted (TSLA)

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• Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he believes the company's Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system will be able to drive an owner from their home to their office by the end of this year.
• The system won't need human assistance for such a trip "most of the time," Musk said.
• Last year, Musk promised that capability would be available by the end of 2019, but Tesla missed that deadline.
• Since then, the company has added new features to Autopilot that have brought the system closer to Musk's vision.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he is "extremely confident" the electric-car maker's Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system will be able to drive from an owner's home to their office by the end of this year.

"Most of the time," the system will be able to do so without the driver having to take control, Musk said. A version of Autopilot Musk is testing is close to achieving this capability, he added.

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