A man who uses his celebrity status to pump cryptocurrencies in order to enrich himself and the companies he owns has no moral standards and no credibility.
Even if he was pumping crypto, that doesn't mean he has no morals or that he would lie about technical details, particularly where he can be easily found out.
To be clear, are you referring to the guy in the company selling cars claiming that the current models sold today will be fully autonomous with only software patches?
Hah, the more evil version of billionaire dodgy car salesman would have a database script to modify the purchase order to retroactively remove that item.
"Self-drive? Our records say he never bought it!".
It has everything to do with the character, since he provides no evidence for what he says, we have to trust him. Therefore, the first question we must ask is: is this person trustworthy?
Autopilot also includes the less-capable levels, not just FSD. For example, Enhanced Autopilot uses Autosteer and TACC which are both mentioned in the article.