First look at how Musk's underground tunnels might work

Elon's idea is to build tunnels underneath the city which would allow you to skip the traffic and get from point A to point B much faster.

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If you have ever been to Los Angeles, you can understand how a person can get frustrated with the traffic there. And if you are Elon Musk, you are going to do something about it.

First look at how Musk's underground tunnels might work | TweakTown.com

Musk recently started a new project named The Boring Company, which will hopefully, solve the problem of traffic in LA, and possibly later in other cities. Elon's idea is to build tunnels underneath the city which would allow you to skip the traffic and get from point A to point B much faster.

At a recent TED conference in Vancouver, Musk showed a video of his futuristic underground transportation tunnels. The video shows a Tesla car getting on a platform called a car skate which then lowers into the underground tunnel. The car then travels at a speed of up to 130 mph (around 210 km/h) in a single vehicle lane. Other cars can also be seen traveling through the tunnel in the same and opposite direction.

However, it might be a while until this vision comes to life. Musk pointed out that he is treating The Boring Company as a side project and only spends about two or three percent of his time on it.

Elon also expressed his desire to develop a new machine which would allow the company to dig tunnels and reinforce them at the same time so that they don't have to spend their time split between the two tasks.

After his speech at the conference, Musk tweeted a link to the company's website which, for now, looks pretty boring.

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