Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday tweeted a photo with “The Boring Company” and “December 18” on it, indicating that his tunneling and infrastructure company will launch its first tunnel under Los Angeles in the United States.
Bored companionHe was scheduled to launch the tunnel on December 10 and postponed it.
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– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 15, 2018
The company said it would offer the first public test ride with the electric transportation system inside the tunnel.
In early October, Musk had announced that the boring company was “almost done” with its inaugural test tunnel and would open the project to the public around December 10.
A tunnel built by The Boring Company. Image: The Boring Company website
According to Musk, the company is building a watchtower at the tunnel exit with bricks made from earth excavated from the tunnel.
In Chicago, the company will build a “Loop” that they described on their website as: “Loop is a high-speed underground public transportation system in which passengers are transported on autonomous electric skates that travel at 125-150 miles per hour. “.
“Electric skates will carry between 8 and 16 passengers, or a single passenger vehicle,” according to Electrek.
To implement this system, the company will have to dig the tunnels and implement the infrastructure to move these “autonomous electric skates” within the tunnels.
