Elon Musk says Tesla will build a vehicle designed to be a robotaxi

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the “Cyber Rodeo” grand opening celebration for the new $1.1 billion Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, on Thursday April 7, 2022. Musk says the company will build an electric vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi. Musk didn’t give details of the robotaxi other than to say it will “look quite futuristic.” (Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Tesla will build a vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi, and will start making three new vehicles next year, chief executive Elon Musk told fans at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory.

He gave no details of the robotaxi other than to say it will “look quite futuristic”.