Elon Musk tweeted out a TV on Sunday night , showing a high - speed version of a stroll through the two - mile hole built under Los Angeles by the Boring Company , his tunnel - delve speculation .
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO call the tunnel “ disturbingly long . ” But given Musk ’s past theatrics , it ’s also pretty underwhelming .
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— Elon Musk ( @elonmusk)November 3 , 2018
The Boring Companybegan drilling in early 2017 , about a calendar month after Musk complained on Twitter about LA dealings and vow to ease the issue by labour holes . The company he chop-chop formed started drilling under the SpaxeX headquarters in Hawthorne , California , and burrowed further once his fellowship have commendation to work up a two - mile underground route .
Last month , Musk said on Twitterthat the examination tunnel would formally open on December 10 and start giving out test rides the next Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . He has say the high - speed subway concept will be able-bodied to transport group of 8 to 16 people at a time , using galvanizing skates , at a speed of up to 155 miles per hour . relatively , the Los Angeles subway system presently travels just over 25 miles per 60 minutes .
Now , if Musk deport , those tryout riders will have a peep at what the tunnel look like in soul . And fit in to Musk ’s picture , it should look like … a steady old tunnel . Of course , veritable tunnels can be interesting in add-on to being engine room marvels . perhaps this one just needs a little case . Perhaps some graffito and so-and-so - kings would provide a piffling more colouring material for the commuters .
And while drill this two - mile trap under a major U.S. city is an impressive feat and could be the starting time of a major switching in infrastructure and transportation , we just thought maybe — base on theearly concept videosand Musk ’s penchantfor sci - fi esthetics — that the burrow would calculate a little more like ourTron - prompt fantasies .
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