The head of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, showed on social networks a sketch of an underground tunnel station for transport
What it is
The tunnel is located in Las Vegas.The Boring Company (which is also owned by Musk) began digging it late last year. Initially, it was assumed that special capsules with passengers would travel along the tunnel along rails. However, as a result, they decided to abandon the capsules in favor of Tesla cars. These will be self-driving Model S, 3 and X.
“Loop is an all-electrica high-speed, underground, zero-emission public transport system that transports passengers via compatible autonomous electric vehicles (AEVs) at speeds of up to 240 km/h through trunk tunnels between stations. AEVs are Tesla vehicles (Model S, 3 and X) that operate autonomously in the Loop system,” explains the Boring Company.
Digging of the tunnel was completed in May, and the facility is scheduled to open in January 2021.
Elon Musk showed a sketch of an underground station. “Coming soon,” he captioned the image.
Coming soon pic.twitter.com/6nOgLix6b5
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 22, 2020
The Boring Company also showed options for a ground station and an underground station in the open air.
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