--- title: "Elon Musk Says It Is 'Super Hard' To Solve Distribution As Nvidia Announces Competitor To Tesla FSD, But Adds 'Honestly Hope They Succeed'" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/271610612.md" description: "Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, stated that solving distribution for self-driving technology is 'super hard' as Nvidia announced its autonomous driving technology at CES 2026. Musk expressed hope for Nvidia's success despite the challenges, which were echoed by Tesla's AI chief, Ashok Elluswamy. Nvidia's new Alpamayo model features human-like reasoning capabilities and will partner with Mercedes-Benz for a Level 2 Driver Assistance system. Meanwhile, Tesla continues to develop its Robotaxi, although it has not yet achieved fully autonomous operations in Austin. TSLA shares fell 0.14% to $451.05 in after-hours trading." datetime: "2026-01-06T04:33:17.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/271610612.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/271610612.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/271610612.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/271610612.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/271610612.md) # Elon Musk Says It Is 'Super Hard' To Solve Distribution As Nvidia Announces Competitor To Tesla FSD, But Adds 'Honestly Hope They Succeed' **Tesla Inc.** (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO **Elon Musk** says that the most puzzling aspect of self-driving technology is to solve distribution, as **Nvidia Corp** (NASDAQ:NVDA) unveiled autonomous driving technology at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026. _Check out the current price of TSLA here._ ## Distribution Is ‘Super Hard' To Solve, Says Elon Musk Responding to a post on the social media platform X on Monday, Musk shared his thoughts on Nvidia's unveiling. "What they will find is that it's easy to get to 99% and then super hard to solve the long tail of the distribution," Musk said in the post. > Well that's just exactly what Tesla is doing 😂 > > What they will find is that it's easy to get to 99% and then super hard to solve the long tail of the distribution. > > — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 6, 2026 However, the Tesla CEO still wished that Nvidia experiences success in its self-driving exploits. “I honestly hope they succeed,” Musk shared. > I honestly hope they succeed > > — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 6, 2026 ## Ashok Elluswamy Echoes Musk Musk's thoughts were also echoed by Tesla's AI chief, **Ashok Elluswamy**, who also outlined challenges in the distribution of the technology. "The long tail is sooo long, that most people can’t grasp it," Elluswamy said in his post. He had earlier touted Tesla’s chip-building efforts, outlining the EV giant’s synergistic approach to building AI hardware. > The long tail is sooo long, that most people can't grasp it. > > — Ashok Elluswamy (@aelluswamy) January 6, 2026 ## Nvidia's Self-Driving Technology The comments come as Nvidia CEO **Jensen Huang** unveiled the chipmaker's Alpamayo model, which relies on a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model with human-like reasoning capabilities. "The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is here — when machines begin to understand, reason and act in the real world," Huang said, adding that Robotaxis would benefit from the technology. Nvidia also announced it would be partnering with German automaker **Mercedes-Benz** to offer a Level 2 Driver Assistance system based on the chipmaker's full-stack AV software. This comes after the chipmaker had partnered with European automakers last year. ## Tesla's Robotaxi On the other hand, Tesla has steadily recorded growth in its Robotaxi, though it failed to reach Musk's goal of having driverless operations in Austin by the end of last year. However, the CEO had shared that a Tesla Model Y robotaxi drove him around autonomously towards the end of last year. Multiple Tesla Cybercab prototypes have also been spotted testing across Austin and California. Musk had shared that the production of the vehicle would be scaled up in 2026. Tesla scores well on the Momentum and Quality metrics, but offers poor Value. It also has a favorable price trend in the Medium and Long term. For more such insights, sign up for Benzinga Edge Stock Rankings today! **Price Action:** TSLA declined 0.14% to $451.05 during the after-hours trading session, according to Benzinga Pro data. _Check out more of Benzinga’s Future Of Mobility coverage by_ following this link. **Read Next:** - Gary Black Reveals Why Tesla Could Fall Behind Robotaxi Rivals: ‘An Army Of Unknown Cheerleaders…’ _Photo courtesy: Shutterstock_ ### Related Stocks - [Tesla, Inc. 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