After creating Tesla, setting the Hyperloop in motion, and trying to send more people to space, Elon Musk is now working on a boring company. And by boring, I mean creating holes in the ground.
Musk has teased this new venture – literally called the Boring Company – for some time now; its current goal is to help stop LA traffic by creating a network of underground tunnels that everyday cars can used. Yesterday, a SpaceX employee posted a photo of the machine – dubbed ‘Nannie’ – that will creating the holes.
Then today, the Boring Company posted this concept video to its YouTube Page. It’s a doozy:
Basically, the cars are able to get on elevator platforms on the side of a road that would take them into the underground tunnel network. But rather than simply being another road underground, instead your car is transported on a rail system that can accelerate up to 124 miles per hour. There are even some public transport vehicles in the video as well.
I know the man is trying to get people onto Mars and all, but this might just be his most outlandish idea yet. The company has to pass a myriad of regulatory hurdles, somehow create giant holes under existing infrastructure, and be safe enough to deal with California earthquakes.
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But then, I’m sure Musk and his team have given this more thought than I can in the space of 250 words. Here’s hoping for a solution to LA traffic once and for all.
Via The Verge
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