Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors last year that the company was aiming for a 2025 launch of its self-driving service in California and Texas. The company appears to be on track to hit that target. Musk said during Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday that the automaker is on pace to launch its self-driving service as early as June 2025,

The billionaire said the company will make public safety a priority because accidents involving autonomous cars generate "headlines."

Tesla plans to launch anunsupervised self-driving taxi service in Austin this June, company officials announced during Wednesday's earnings call.The electric v