Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Elon Musk Opens Prototype Transportation Tunnel Under LA

Elon Musk and The Boring Company have finally opened up their first, demonstration tunnel underneath the streets of Los Angeles, showing off a system which transports Tesla vehicles on guided rails under the city. The prototype system takes a Tesla vehicle down an elevator, sends it jetting through the tunnel at high speed, and back onto another elevator. According to Musk, the "Boring Company Loop System" would eventually let vehicles enter and exit at special points and travel up to 150 miles per hour. The system originally planned to operate on special "skates" to transport vehicles, but was modified to instead just use special retractable wheels on Tesla vehicles due to complexity.

The Boring Company Loop system pic.twitter.com/xVpDHzZKXB

— The Boring Company (@boringcompany) December 19, 2018

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