[videos: Elon Musk via instagram]
“First tunnel for The Boring Company begins … Full length of first tunnel will run from LAX to Culver City, Santa Monica, Westwood and Sherman Oaks. Future tunnels will cover all of greater LA.”
“Cutterhead in operation at standard industry speed. Planning to jack this up by a factor of ten or more.”
“[Warning, this may cause motion sickness or seizures]
This is a test run of our electric sled that would transport cars at 125 mph (200 km/h) through the tunnels, automatically switching from one tunnel to the next. Would mean Westwood to LAX in 5 mins.”
