Elon Musk focuses on wider release of self-driving cars by year's end

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive of the world’s biggest electric vehicle maker Tesla, has said he intends to have self-driving cars ready by the end of the year, it was reported on Monday.

The world’s richest person, who was speaking at an energy conference in Norway on Monday, said he expected a wider introduction of self-driving vehicles to the roads of the US and possibly Europe, depending on the regulatory approvals, Reuters reported.

Mr Musk said he was also focusing on his SpaceX Starship spacecraft.

“The two technologies I am focused on, trying to ideally get done before the end of the year, are getting our Starship into orbit … and then having Tesla cars to be able to do self-driving."

However, this is not the first time Mr Musk has made announcements about self-driving cars.

In 2019, he voiced his ambition to have 1 million robotaxis on the road by the end of the following year.

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