Elon Musk reveals tunnel project will create 'super revolution' traffic

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled new details about his future tunneling project at the TED Talk technology-entertainment-design conference in Vancouver, Canada on Friday, 4.

Boring , the latest project by Musk, developed by SpaceX's Steve Davis, is working to build a network of underground tunnels in Los Angeles, which allows for the transportation of cars. on an electric slide.

Mr Musk said the slider would push the car through the tunnel at a maximum speed of 130 mph (209 km / h) - fast enough to be moved from Westwood to Los Angeles International Airport in just five minutes. It takes 60 minutes by car.

Also at TED Talk, Mr. Musk announced the first images of the ambitious project, which is only in fiction films. A car will be pulled into a metal tray and then transported underground:

Tray carrying cars slide over the tunnel through the tunnel with speeds up to 200km / h:

Mr Musk said the tunnel network will consist of 30 tunnels, possibly containing cars and a hyperloop (the supercharged hyper-speed road system that Elon Musk is also developing).

Boring is currently building a model tunnel at SpaceX's parking lot, but to do so, the company will need a license from the city of Los Angeles. The company's website, BoringCompany.com, went live today.

Musk Musk is quite enthusiastic with the Boring Company's super project, as well as launching the upcoming Tesla Model 3 electric car and launching the Solar Dome. He also created an artificial intelligence company, Neuralink, while still acting as CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.

The tunnel network will consist of 30 tunnels, which may contain cars and hyperloops.

However, Musk says the company only occupied 2 or 3 percent of his working time.

The Boring Tunnel is obviously a super-expensive project. Boring companies are looking for resources to cut costs like creating a machine that can dig and reinforce walls at the same time, Musk said. Current tunneling machines usually dig half the time and draw to reinforce the wall, a long and costly process.