Elon Musk’s Underground Highway Is Now a Reality and It’s Going to Change the Way You Commute
A couple of days ago, the city of Las Vegas gave Elon Musk’s Boring Company the green light to begin the expansion of their underground highway system called “The Loop.” Musk and his team have ambitious plans for The Loop. Not only does Musk see it as the future of urban commuting, but he also believes that it will serve as the stepping stone for his other project, Hyperloop.
How does this loop work?
Despite being called “The Loop,” it isn’t a physical loop. The tunnels aren’t shaped in some large ring following the contour of urban centers. Instead, The Loop is a series of tunnels that run all over a city. Usually, it means having a primary route that connects dense urban areas with smaller routes pointing towards less populated neighborhoods. It’s quite similar to a subway system that you would find in a city like New York.
Unlike a subway system, however, there are no actual trains inside of these loops. Instead, passengers are transported by what The Boring Company is calling AEVs (Autonomous Electric Vehicles). AEVs are currently exclusively Tesla…
