Shares of the electric-vehicle maker have slipped in the past week, but remain higher for the past month ahead of the big day.

The robotaxi has the potential to be a juggernaut for Tesla. Musk agreed with Cathie Wood's estimate of a $5 trillion valuation for Tesla once robotaxis scale up, but there's another stock that could be a big winner on excitement for autonomous vehicles.

Tesla has big plans to release a company-saving robotaxi next week, leveraging the incredible advantage in autonomous technology that the company swears it has in order to prevent the whole house of cards from tumbling down.