TeslaElon Musk, CEO of the company spoke Wednesday about his plans. fourth-quarter earningsThat’s it! humanoid robotIt is Tesla’s most important product, surpassing the Cybertruck and all other Tesla cars like the Roadster or the Semi.

Musk first teased the Tesla Bot using a human in a robot suit in AugustTesla made the warning during Tesla’s AI Day, when it was said “probably won’t work”, but that Tesla would have one in the next 12 months.

Musk said that the robot code-named Optimus “has the potential to become more important than the car business over the long term.”

Musk stated that Tesla is now in business no plans to introduce the Cybertruck this yearHe also stated that the company doesn’t have plans to produce a vehicle worth $25,000 at this time. The continuing shortage of chips would prevent the release of new models without decreasing total vehicle deliveries.

Tesla’s robot may not come to fruition until years later. Musk claimed Wednesday that it could be a revolution in the economy, if it can do tasks normally only possible by humans.

“If you think about the economy, it is — the foundation of the economy is labor,” he said. Capital equipment is distillated labor. But what happens if there’s no labor shortage? At this point, I don’t know what economy means. This is what Optimus stands for, and it’s so important.”

While robotics has allowed certain jobs to be automated, there are still many human tasks.

Musk explained that it was intended to be friendly and allow people to navigate through a vast world. It also eliminates repetitive, boring, dangerous tasks.

Musk shows his showmanship by revealing that Tesla has exciting products planned for many years ahead to excite backers, including customers and employees. There are many times when those announcements do not happen according to the timeframe.

At an “Autonomy Day”, event held in April, Musk stated that the company would have 1 million autonomous vehicles. Musk stated that the company will have one million autonomous robots by 2019.robotaxis” On the road by 2020. Those robotaxis still don’t exist.

— CNBC’s Kif Leswing contributed to this article.