Tesla will add video games to its cars.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Promise: Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?
Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.
What would count as true or false
The promise is that Tesla would add video games to its cars. No deadline was given. TRUE: Tesla released playable video games in its vehicles' infotainment systems, for example through a software update. MOSTLY FALSE: games were only demonstrated or announced, never released to customers. FALSE: Tesla records or reporting show the plan was dropped and no games were ever made available in its cars.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 It's not what you think... - electrive.com electrive.com · 29 July 2019
“The Arcade now allows Tesla drivers to play a series of games on their car’s touchscreens.”
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E2 Introducing Software V11.0 | Tesla United Kingdom Tesla · 24 December 2021 Own record
“Games: We’ve added the original Sonic the Hedgehog to Tesla Arcade for even more excitement and a bit of nostalgia during charging stops.”
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E3 Tesla Arcade Review: How Good Is the Model S Plaid for Gaming? MotorTrend · 1 July 2021
“Any recent Tesla Model S, 3, X, or Y with the MCU2 (Media Control Unit 2) infotainment system has Tesla Arcade in the Entertainment tab.”
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E4 Tesla pulls games on moving car screens after US safety probe KSL.com (Reuters report) · 23 December 2021
“Electric carmaker Tesla will stop allowing video games to be played on vehicle screens while its cars are moving, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday.”
Reasoning
Independent reporting from electrive.com (E1, 2019) says Tesla Arcade lets drivers play games on their cars' touchscreens. MotorTrend (E3, 2021) says recent Model S, 3, X and Y cars with MCU2 have Tesla Arcade in the Entertainment tab. Reuters via KSL (E4) reports that Tesla limited games so they cannot be played while the car is moving, which shows the games had reached customers. Tesla's V11.0 release post (E2) also records a game being added to Arcade by software update. No deadline was set, so on_time is null.
Cite this claim
Elon Musk, “Tesla will add video games to its cars.” (said 7 September 2018). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_3691dea88115, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_3691dea88115
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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Resolved false
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Delivered on time
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Resolved true
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