His company SpaceX pulled off an engineering marvel on Sunday, when it launched the largest, most powerful rocket in the world — and on the first try, caught the 23-story-tall booster in midair using chopstick-like mechanical arms. The feat was unique in the history of spaceflight, and duly impressed both government officials and aerospace experts.

Sooner than 2026 (which Musk admitted on stage was an "optimistic" time frame), Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y autonomous vehicles are set to operate autonomously without driver supervision in the states of California and Texas.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his company’s robotaxi will “probably” be in production before 2027 — and predicts it will cost less than $30,000.