By Annie Palmer For Dailymail.com
Published: 16:48 GMT, 20 February 2019 | Updated: 16:57 GMT, 20 February 2019
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Self-driving Tesla vehicles could be ready to hit the road sooner than expected.
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk said he's 'certain' the technology needed for self-driving Teslas will be ready by the end of this year.
However, he cautioned that it take a while longer before humans will be able to safely fall asleep behind the wheel while their Tesla zooms down the highway.
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A fully self-driving Tesla could soon be ready to hit the road. Tech mogul Elon Musk said he's 'certain' the tech needed for self-driving Teslas will be ready by the end of this year
'I think we will be feature complete - full self-driving - this year,' Musk said during a podcast interview on Tuesday.
'Meaning the car will be able to find you in a parking lot, pick you up and take you all the way to your destination without an intervention, this year.
'I would say I am certain of that. That is not a question mark,' he added.
The prediction lines up with Musk's earlier comments, which came during Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings call, wherein he said full self-driving software would launch later this year.
Musk clarified that the 'fully self-driving' technology doesn't mean drivers will be able to cede control over to the car completely.
'People will sometimes extrapolate that to mean now it works with 100 percent certainty, requires no observation, perfectly,' Musk explained on the podcast. 'This is not the case.'
The technology will mean that a Tesla can handle many driving scenarios, but will require humans to intervene at times.
Elon Musk (pictured) clarified that 'fully self-driving' tech doesn't mean drivers can
