Tesla is noted for making drivers believe that vehicles with the so-called Autopilot system can drive themselves.
The controversy over Autopilot was not discussed at the two-and-a-half-hour online conference Thursday, and no questions were asked about it from the audience.
Instead, Musk assured that his future robot would be benign.
He said the Tesla Bot, which will have five-fingered hands and will come in black and white, will be “friendly” and built in such a way that in any case “you can run away from it and turn it off.”
“Hopefully that never happens, but who knows,” he joked.