Tesla CEO Elon Musk said a "major OEM" is interested in licensing the software and hardware that the EV maker is developing for vehicle autonomy. He did not name the automaker.

Musk likened interest in Tesla's Full Self-Driving software, along with its camera-based hardware, to agreements made with other automakers to use its Supercharger network.

"We are already in early discussions with a major OEM about using Tesla FSD," Musk said Wednesday on the automaker's second-quarter earnings call. "We're not trying to keep this to ourselves. We're more than happy to license it to others."

Tesla's self-driving software and hardware do not make its vehicles autonomous, and it is classified as an advanced driver-assistance feature, similar to those offered by other automakers that require a human driver to be in control at all times.

Musk said on the earnings call that while he has been criticized for predicting year after year that the software was nearing autonomous capability, he's repeating the prediction again. Musk said Full Self-Driving should be able to drive autonomously as safely as a human driver by the end of this year.