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's upcoming robotaxi program in Austin could be a major paradigm shift, potentially igniting growth in the coming years. See why TSLA stock is a Hold.

Tesla’s self-driving Cybercab robotaxi is headed to Austin as part of the company’s initial robotaxi rollout, marking one of the first real-world deployments of CEO Elon Musk’s long-promised autonomous vehicle service.