The EV maker will roll out about 10 self-driving cars next month and scale up to about a thousand, Musk told CNBC in an interview.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the company will have robotaxis on the streets of Austin, Texas, by the end of June.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday said a test of robotaxis would begin on schedule in Austin, Texas by the end of June. Musk in a CNBC interview said that he expected Austin to launch with about 10 cars and that robotaxi deployment would scale up to about a thousand within a few months.