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

Musk said in an interview with CNBC's David Faber on Tuesday at his company headquarters in Austin that Tesla's goal is to bring its robots to Los Angeles and San Francisco after its planned debut.

Musk said Tesla robot service will start with about 10 cars in Austin and quickly expand to thousands if it launches well without incident.

Since 2016, Musk has pledged Tesla investors, customers and fans that the company has been about a year away from delivering self-driving cars that can safely transport passengers without human intervention, or people on the steering wheel.

"We are cautious when starting with a few numbers, please make sure things are going well and then expand them," Musk said.

First, Tesla said its robot will be a Y-type Y-type vehicle equipped with the forthcoming FSD (full autonomous driving), i.e. FSD is unsupervised.

Alphabet's Waymo is currently operating commercial driverless rides in various markets in the United States. Alphabet said Waymo has already made 250,000 paid trips per week.

Musk said Tesla's robots in Austin began to "will" start, meaning the company will limit where the Y-type Y-type vehicles can drive. Musk promised, but there will be no human safety driver in the car.

He said Tesla employees will monitor the fleet remotely.

"We will be very careful to observe the role of the car and as confidence grows, it will no longer be needed."

Musk has previously claimed that Tesla's "widespread" approach to Robotaxis is more ambitious than Waymo's. Tesla relies primarily on camera-based systems and computer vision, rather than complex sensors including lidar and radar.

Musk said the sensors are expensive and could hinder the production and expansion of large-scale robots in the global fleet.

"In fact, the most suitable road systems are artificial intelligence, digital neural networks and cameras," Musk said on Tuesday.

Faber pressured Musk for his involvement in Donald Trump's administration and German politics, and Tesla faced strong political opposition. Tesla faces a decline in electric vehicle sales, with reported car revenues down 20% in the first quarter of 2025.

Musk attributed the decline in sales to the company's need to rebuild factories to start producing a refreshed version of its most popular car, the Y Model Y.

"If the factory is being modified, we won't be able to build cars. But at this point we've seen a significant rebound in demand," Musk said. "When you buy a product, how much do you care about the CEO's political views, or even what it is?"

Musk, who stayed at the helm of Tesla and Xai and was also a key adviser to President Trump, spent nearly $300 million to send him back to the White House.

His stake in Tesla and Space makes Musk the world’s richest man, with an estimated net worth of about $376 billion today, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.

Earlier Tuesday, Musk promised to lead Tesla over the next five years.

"Yes, there is no doubt," Musk said in an interview with Bloomberg at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha.