Elon Musk says self-driving electric cars in tunnels under cities will 'feel like warp drive'

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Elon Musk says self-driving electric cars in tunnels under cities will 'feel like warp drive'
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The Tesla and SpaceX boss announced on Twitter this week that The Boring Company's first operational tunnel in Las Vegas is 'almost done.'

The latter is being made to provide"fast and convenient transportation for convention and trade show attendees" across the campus, while a much larger Loop development is planned to extend to the Strip,With a typical drive from the Las Vegas Convention Center to Mandalay Bay taking up to half an hour,describes Loop as an"all-electric, zero-emissions, high-speed underground public transportation system." It has proposed a project that will run from Washington, D.C.

Upon completion, passengers will be taken onboard an autonomous Tesla vehicle and shot through tunnels, between stations, at up to 150 miles per hour. The cars used will include versions of Tesla's own Model S, Model 3 and Model X ranges.," an ultra-high-speed method of transportation that will have users traveling at 600-plus miles per hour in a"vacuum-sealed tunnel.

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