What started as a joke has turned into a very real 1.14-mile long experiment that could forever change the rush-hour commute. On…
What started as a joke has turned into a very real 1.14-mile long experiment that could forever change the rush-hour commute.
On December 18,2018, reporters and other special guests were invited to the grand reveal of Elon Musk’s first completed and operational underground transportation tunnel. Although this tunnel isn’t going to be ferrying everyday passengers from point A to point B anytime soon, it did demonstrate the power of Musk’s vision for the Boring Company.
As CNN reported, the two-minute ride in a fully autonomous, self-powered Model X vehicle “felt like an amusement park ride.” For the test run, the car hit speeds of 35 MPH. In the future, larger vehicles that can carry up to 16 people at a time are expected to travel longer distances at up to 150 MPH.
This experimental test run was “bumpy at times,” but most people in the LA area would probably accept that if it meant they didn’t have to sit in bumper-to-bumper rush-hour traffic on a daily basis.
