It's official! There will be more self-driving cars riding around Texas this summer. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the electric vehicle maker will be rolling out its robotaxis on the streets of Austin by the end of June,

Tesla CEO Elon Musk told CNBC Tuesday that he expects "a thousand" self-driving robotaxis to hit Austin's streets within the next few months. Autonomous Teslas will be ferrying Austinites around as soon as this summer, according to the automaker's CEO.

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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.

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