The first test of Tesla's long-promised robotaxi service in Austin, Texas next month will initially be limited to specific areas the company deems "the

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.

It’s prudent for us to start with a small number, confirm that things are going well and then scale it up,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk told CNBC. The robotaxis will be Tesla Model Y electric vehicles using a full self-driving system called FSD Unsupervised.