Inside Elon Musk’s 2026 roadmap for Tesla, SpaceX: What you need to know

The year 2025 is finally coming to an end. The year has witnessed major technological breakthroughs, including in artificial intelligence, humanoid robotics, and space missions.

This year marks a success for tech mogul Elon Musk, featuring SpaceX dominance with record-breaking launches, approval of a $1 trillion pay package, xAI expansion, and neuralink breakthroughs.

Now, the world is looking for what the Tesla CEO expects and predicts in 2026. During “ The Year Ahead 2026” discussion hosted by Adrian Dittmann on X Space, Musk revealed his bold yet ambitious 2026 roadmap.

SpaceX CEO forecasted, “Tesla should have widespread robotaxi. That'll be a big thing for Tesla in 2026. Optimus V3 will launch. Then hopefully SpaceX will achieve full reusability with Starship.”

Musk also talked about the possibility of establishing a manufacturing hub on the lunar surface, producing massive solar panels and radiators for orbital AI infrastructure.

Musk explained, “The biggest opportunity on the moon is to make solar cells and radiators. And then you can use a mass driver to put a billion tons of AI powered satellites into orbit per year.”

“You could set a scale to 100 terawatts of AI compute annually from the moon. We already have 9000 satellites in orbit. So we know what it's like being in space,” the 54-year-old billionaire continued.

However, according to Musk the source of chips for manufacturing solar cells would still be Earth.