My first ride in the Boring Tunnel Loop in Las Vegas

[@cube4547]

"it's kinda cool, there's like LED lights" The boring company's projects in a nutshell

[@informativt]

And it's always the same boring hsv cycle

[@kevincassidy1983]

Don't forget the air-con

[@thienphucn1]

Musk really thinks he's gonna make us soy face over some inferior version of the subway by adding some gamer lights like we're still in the 2018 era of Reddit

[@RealCheese15]

*project. Singular. They haven't made anything since

[@brain8484]

wow its got pretty lights

[@jeycalc6877]

The disadvantages of cars without the advantages of a train. Genius!

[@diegodesouza5382]

Ikr!

[@lours6993]

Agreed. This is BS fake-futurism…

[@Crypted112]

truly groundbreaking innovation

[@klife67]

IKR!!!

[@Deiftwaser]

@@Crypted112 LMAO

[@salentino]

Someone should really invent trains that go underground. Maybe call them Metro or something like that...

[@stevensteven4863]

hahahahhhh ...wow thats a good one

[@g__e__o]

LOL, right?

[@bayoobalola3477]

Sarcasm

[@johntheux9238]

Metro is not a point-to-point solution, is far more expensive per mile and is slower (target is 155mph for the Vegas extension)...

[@Roaryer]

Maybe a Way to travel Sub-terranean

[@TESkyrimizer]

"future of transport" what's next? horse-drawn carriages and covered wagons?

[@generalfuzzywuzzy]

Horsepower! So futuristic

[@roblianoofficial]

Right? A car on the road in a tunnel is the future, if this was 175 years ago LOL

[@0nionDuck]

Yes, horse drawn carriages but underground😂

[@yayayayya4731]

With RGB lights tho

[@schtreg9140]

Tesla's new horses are trained to be artificially intelligent which will make the carriages (almost) self driving

[@elokubano]

So basically it's a...tunnel. Mindblowing.

[@NogabaHD]

It's just damn cheap for a tunnel

[@DartLuke]

@@NogabaHD and it have less capacity, no safety measures, can be used only by electric cars with autopilot.

[@MashZ]

With led lights of course. I heard they're also making a weird minibus called *pOdS* for it. Futuristic isn’t it?

[@iloveplayingpr]

This is only the start for Elon Musk's boring company, merely a taste before the real thing.

[@mikopaq]

@@MashZ you heard wrong

[@Aiyahhh]

Could you imagine if they made the cars bigger so you could transport 100+ people at a time with the same tunnel concept? Oh wait that's called a train

[@cybertrk]

That’s way more expensive, no thanks. Funny how bad people are at economics

[@albertduncan6365]

@@troywalt4834 how long does it take for people to come out and board the car? There’s literally 6 parking spaces only.

[@MashZ]

@@cybertrk Im pretty sure any public transport is cheaper than this tunnel. It only parks 6 Tesla cars on each side and only 66 passengers can use the whole system at a time. Sure, other public transport costs 100 times higher but they can also transport hundreds of thousands of times more passenger at a fraction of the running cost per passenger

[@YummyCatgirlMilk]

@@troywalt4834 expect a train can transport 1.6 million people an hour. Look at Tokyo train systems. This is just a waste of time

[@gamesguy]

@@troywalt4834 A subway that takes 10 years to build and cost billions of dollars also transport thousands of times more passengers than this tiny tunnel, which absolutely does not transport "thousands of people per hour".

[@TransitAndTeslas]

So a subway train, but way less efficient than a regular bus.

[@BallerDan53]

Disco taxis

[@bluehabs]

at least it have RGB for extra speed 🟥🟩🟦

[@clacoursiere67]

.... at 30kph and one driver per 3 passengers, **WAY** less efficient than a subway train.

[@diegodesouza5382]

And 10x more expensive, of course

[@BiharyGabor]

@superfuresh No it is not your own car. And who pays for this luxury?

[@sunil198925]

America and its unending fascination with cars, instead of building a good mass transit (Metro) like every other major city, you have tunnels dug out to drive cars at 70 kmph. The irony is just uncanny

[@carholic-sz3qv]

Yeah that's the consequence of having to ditch trains decades ago in favor to personal cars, its such a shame.

[@cybertrk]

Price per mile.. ya know, the thing smart people think about

[@troywalt4834]

metro takes 10 years to build and cost billions and billions plus will be much faster long term with the full loop just for the fact that there is no need to stop at each station

[@carholic-sz3qv]

@@troywalt4834 unfortunately metro doesn't take 10 years to build and the system can be easily automated and no need of tons of cars and batteries to charge.

[@AurelAvramescu]

@@troywalt4834 The 1.2 km loop has been built in 2 years at I would say a bit high cost (5k/m of tunnel with a circular surface of 12sm) and the Channel tunnel that is 50km long has been built in 4 years under the sea.

[@gsharks3333]

Hmmm, isnt that basically a bad alternative to a train?

[@CalvinGroover]

It's cheaper

[@rravitejamavr6650]

Yes it is, If only one can convince everyone who owns a car to take public transport.

[@poodlehead909]

If this is it, yes. Far more efficient to move more people per loop. However, I believe the original concept was to make a pressurised air pod system similar to a train with less energy dude to the lack of friction. It was suppose to go long distance and use less energy but be more fast. It is possible I'm mixing up future technologies though. I can't remember.

[@rravitejamavr6650]

@@poodlehead909 Yeah you're describing Hyperloop, which is different than what is happening here. The sole purpose here is to reduce traffic and make EV's more relevant as byproduct of it.

[@markplott4820]

GSharks - TRAINS can go 155 mph.

[@mikethomas8454]

How does Elon come up with these mind bending ideas. A tunnel you can drive a car through. Next he will advocate mass sanitation systems and a series of pipes where you can just turn a tap and water comes out. Go Elon go

[@Crypted112]

elon's idea is revolutionary, but imagine now if we attached these cars together and made them bigger so they could carry more people. also what if we added rails so they could go faster? wait a minute...

[@f.b.i.853]

@@Crypted112 that idea sucks though, imagine if 2 superheroes started fighting in there and one of them grabbed the other one to crash him against the system, hundreds will die

[@peters.9371]

@@Crypted112 you had me in the first half not gonna lie

[@MaticTheProto]

@@f.b.i.853 good point. But what if he also crashes him into sky scrapers since these fights exclusively happen in new york for some reason?

[@Wolfmeister666]

@@Crypted112 Maybe for simpletons, cars in a tunnel not a new idea.

[@OhioCentralModeler]

Sooooo... Elon "invented" a worse subway. Seriously, just dig the tunnels, slap down some tram tracks, and you have a way more economical system to operate.

[@Стеван_Синђелић_1771]

yeah Americans transit is horrid. They'll just slap some trains from 1960's so it'd be useless its not like Europe or Asia where they have bullet trains.

[@Crypted112]

@@Стеван_Синђелић_1771 americans seem opposed to the idea of bullet trains for some reason. they'd rather sink millions in a useless underground tunnel with fancy tesla cars and epic gamer RGB than putting it to good use by investing in public transportation

[@qwertyuiop-jf1lm]

or an automated people mover system could be constructed

[@Nathan-kk6lb]

@@qwertyuiop-jf1lm This is legitimately exactly the kind of use case where a Disney World-style Peoplemover would be *perfect*. The Peoplemover was actually an incredible design; because of the way it was constructed it has almost no moving parts and is fully autonomous by design, so the maintenance costs are basically zero. But that’s not even the best solution. This loop is literally only a single kilometer long. You could just install a moving sidewalk and call it a day. Or, even better, just walk the twelve minute walk (yes, really) that this system is intended to replace.

[@qwertyuiop-jf1lm]

@@Nathan-kk6lb true

[@HigherQualityUploads]

Is this The Onion? Anyone with an IQ above double digits understands how inefficient this is. Perhaps it's better than nothing, but that's not very well a great selling point, now is it? Clearly the only thing needed to impress journalists is RGB lights. The worst offender is their concept for fare payments. A passenger base that's compromised of mostly visitors all downloading an app.

[@neku2741]

It's only 1.7 miles just walk in tunnel or give people those electric scooters and it will be way more efficient than using teslas.

[@f.b.i.853]

@@neku2741 yeah plus What will happen in case of a crash or a fire?

[@JF1prodz]

You have to add the time to charge the teslas too it takes about 12 hours for full charge and consereiering that there gonna go back and forth so they can keep it coming with the ac on and maybe entertainment the battery is gonna go to about 24% in a good 3 hours with all of that there gonna go bankrupt

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

@@neku2741 yeah cus walking would only take 20 minutes on average. or take the tesla and it takes 2 thats a 10 fold increase lol

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

@@JF1prodz the boring company really just is a shell company to tesla to give their tesla's to in order to reduce taxes lmfao

[@jamesleate]

A high speed (35 mph), autonomous yet human driven taxi in a tunnel that has 2.5% of the efficiently of a metro system. The guy is a genius.

[@Lost_In_LA]

Metro systems don’t get built anymore because of cost overruns and corruption.

[@jamesleate]

@@Lost_In_LA What a load of nonsense.

[@daleva187goligo]

LA is really moving on their metro extensions, but that's an especially rare case, they're trying to meet deadlines ahead of the 2028 olympics, nothing motivates a city and it's infrastructure projects more than an upcoming olympic games, it's astounding because under normal circumstances there would be delays for years, but with them they need it fast to show off to the world, same thing with stadiums, atlanta in 96 for example

[@jamesleate]

@@daleva187goligo It's a complete and utter failure on every level. Why would anybody want to pay for more of this crap? Unless you are talking about the standard metro system? Yes,, things get done when an Olympics is coming, The changes in London for 2012 were huge.

[@cjames.m3979]

so the boring tunnel sure lives up to its name..

[@alhitmi2]

Americans will do anything except high speed trains 🤣

[@dickriggles942]

It's sad.

[@carson8417]

no kidding :( i would kill for a highspeed coast to coast speed train

[@crasyparty]

@@carson8417 they should do one from vancouver BC to san diego thru all major west coast cities

[@timserious7678]

Maybe due to high population only in cities that's why i guess But tramps and underground metro would be better

[@Freshbott2]

@@timserious7678 high populations in cities is perfect for HSR. The bigger the catchment with fewer stops the faster you can go.

[@hodgepodge2749]

This is pathetic. Shame on CNET for promoting this fraudulent deathtrap.

[@skyrockhou6325]

Crawl back into your hole

[@hodgepodge2749]

@@skyrockhou6325 you mean the boring tunnel deathtrap? hard pass my man!

[@kh9242]

Future news story "Hundreds killed in Tesla tunnel fire"

[@remaks3929]

Woah calm down

[@TheSpynerd]

The day people will die underneath that thing it'll be a good day. Because if you're stupid enough to even consider that thing a mean of transportation then you have to go.

[@gabrieltassi4030]

That looks really cool! Now imagine connecting a bunch of those cars together. And maybe make each car a little longer with wider doors so more people can ride it. And with extra seats!! Being a bit extreme now, forgive me, but imagine putting a rail on the ground so the cars ride on the rail making it safer, and instead of using rubber tires that degrade quick, steel wheels that last a long time! Hope someone invents that. He/she will be a genius!

[@readisgooddewaterkant7890]

I suport your comment

[@78anurag]

One day Elon would say he invented trains and people will believe him

[@midnightflare9879]

We can call it the "Gliding giga-pod-chain"

[@shanep.7184]

Give them some slack. The company is only 5 years old and is working on a problem worth solving. We need a way to dig tunnels faster and cheaper regardless of what that tunnel is used for.

[@yazeedalhusban969]

I think everyone are missing the point. If this idea (or more cost effective ditch and cover technique) became mainstream . We can forbid the space taking, accidents causing, noisy, polluting cars above the ground. So above ground will be reserved for bikes, walking, light rail and trams and small shops in the middle of the street. Why do we put the low efficiency cars that take a lot of space above ground while public transport underground, it should the other way around. This also allows cars into a controlled environment, that can implement self-drive safely. It's a win on all side.

[@Asheface11]

"my first ride in the boring tunnel" Proceeds not to show the whole ride

[@Kurotaka_]

well....it is pretty "boring"

[@notconvincedgranny6573]

There's nothing to see.

[@mikopaq]

Underwhelming

[@DoNutx777]

You want to see cars passing through a tunnel with led lights for 3 minutes straight? 🤔

[@mikopaq]

@@DoNutx777 it's Boring

[@EngMadison]

Taxis in a tunnel. Amazing. Take a bus, take a lane, add TSP if you want.

[@m.kozeny]

Im by no means saying this is efficent, but lets face it, public transportation in America is just straight up bad

[@nickzakrath7080]

@@m.kozeny Because we barely invest in it as much as other countries.

[@m.kozeny]

@@nickzakrath7080 Yea, 750 billion a year in the military but urban planning is done by a 2 yo

[@imanidiotanyway6393]

Thats why its called the boring company

[@grassytramtracks]

@@m.kozeny so it should be improved instead of doubling down on America's destructive car culture

[@guyski666]

Imagine that instead of using electric cars (which only hold a few people each) - you used electric trains (which can carry 100's of people each) - and we could call it a "subway"

[@johntheux9238]

There will be tens of different stations in the loop extension and a train would need to stop at each one. This is point-to-point.

[@YummyCatgirlMilk]

@@johntheux9238 and? Tokyo trains have 40 million people rid them a day and they do just fine.

[@johntheux9238]

@@YummyCatgirlMilk But it takes time to get to your destination because you have to stop at each station. Better customer experience with the loop.

[@YummyCatgirlMilk]

@@johntheux9238 and? Doesn't mean it's not stupid and inefficient. Which it is.

[@johntheux9238]

@@YummyCatgirlMilk 47 millions $ versus 215 millions for the bid from the Doppelmayr Garaventa Group for a capacity only slightly lower so it's extremely efficient.

[@papalegba6759]

'future of transport' lmao.

[@jackwhitlock1]

Better than using someone else’s picture for your profile…

[@skyrockhou6325]

Try to think ahead. This tech is 25-50x cheaper in its first month iteration

[@papalegba6759]

lol at the angry muskbots.

[@skyrockhou6325]

@@papalegba6759 but what’s wrong with innovation…. Is technology supposed to be perfected on its first try? Is there no such thing as trial, error, innovation?

[@kenzmarc3765]

@@skyrockhou6325 its a tunnel.

[@nicolaspardinamarco5604]

Why wouldn't be traffic jams on that tunnels, and if someone has a flat tire everyone has to stop.

[@markplott4820]

TESLA's usually dont gets FLATS, and the car would NOT have to STOP until it Arrived at a Stop. the car could then be SWAPPED out for a FRESH car, while the Tire gets changed. there is also ZERO debris in the Tunnel, as cars and Trucks are NOT ALLOWED.

[@rubenjoseph199]

I know right this is a dumb Idea, promised us a hyperloop and delivered this😂

[@profile.]

This isn’t an underground road for anyone. Just like Metro lines operate on a schedule, the cars are interconnected and dinamically instructed to maintain their place, preventing a traffic jam. Flat tires are extremely unlikely to occur in such a controlled environment.

[@rubenjoseph199]

@@profile. I agree with you on the tire part but what is point of having such a system if it was meant to be just cars in a tunnel. Just have a look at their website with the wayback machine they started of with outrageous claims and now look at them.

[@profile.]

@@rubenjoseph199 First, you managed to confuse Hyperloop (not a Boring Co. project) with the people mover. This people mover is similar to their original plans other than letting people drive in them like additional roads, but this just seems like an improvement over that, eliminates many issues. The Las Vegas system has been tested and it is certified for over 7k people per hour per station, wich is quite sufficient for a project this size. Since the tunnels capacity has been confirmed, and the low costs have been demonstrated, the Boring Company has officially developed a good solution, independent of any accusations like: “it is different than what they had on their website years ago”, or “why don’t they just build a Metro”.

[@vikhneshar104]

I feel bad for the drivers of these tesla Driving all day through a tunnel at 35miles/h Ufff...

[@Bobsyw4050]

Driving 8 minutes

[@salentino]

For minimum wage I guess

[@whereismycrewyo]

Tbf if all the skillset needed is to just drive a car, it's definitely a minimum wage job. Higher skilled jobs that r more in demand butt less in supply create higher wages

[@tomcat124us]

Shouldn't be for long if Tesla will activate FSD in cars for this system.

[@evergreen-]

@@tomcat124us you watch it, not until the next year at MIN

[@grzegorzemanowicz5122]

LMAO when she says this is the future of public transportation. This literally is the stupidest thing I've seen in my life. It is pure idiocy on so many levels.

[@quinhoprimeiro1049]

Which is why will probably be the future, humans are famous for their stupidity.

[@David-sq2en]

The real question here is: in Christmas season... will they increase the amount of LEDs or will they leave it as is?

[@rogrog8974]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jyyhjyyh]

"network of driverless transport tubes offering high speed rides without the traffic" Jesus christ Claire you are describing a metro, it already exists. I swear Elon could reinvent the wheel and have millions of people call him a visionary genius for it.

[@0mirix]

there are literally drivers and they are going 30 mph lol

[@Shadow25720]

Yes, it's a metro, but with all the disadvantages of a car

[@kevinbailey8827]

@@Shadow25720 Also the advantages of a car. It doesn’t have to stop at every station, and there are no stop lights or stop signs. There are no transfer stations. Your vehicle takes you to your destination station with no stops at all.

[@roberttoy4712]

Except nobody is going to mug you, or puke on you, or any number of other offensive things. Plus when you get to the other end you can immediately go to your next destination without having to climb out of the station and then get into yet another transport. And you don't have to wait for the next train, etc. etc.

[@Ghost-gp6ct]

​@@roberttoy4712being stuck at a traffic is way more time consuming than waiting for a next train. Also what kind of city are you leaving in which crime is happening at a broad daylight with a lot of bystander especially in a train. Car is just the most inefficient form of transportation and another way in which the elite bleed the people more.

[@jhon__1940]

I'm shocked to see more likes than dislikes in this video.

[@emiliajojo5703]

Why???it's a funny video!

[@MrWilliGaming]

don't shoot the messenger

[@skyrockhou6325]

@Juan Pablo how is it not innovation? New TBMs, new tech, fraction of the cost, fraction of the time, zero tax dollars, and all in their first ever production. Pretty innovative

[@ashapps5294]

The likes are those who dont know that a thing called underground subway train exists

[@alanmonteros6432]

Paid bots maybe ? Or the people that actually like this idea (For some reason ) are afraid to express their opinion

[@patricksoon85]

No autonomous driving. No rails. One person still has to drive. 30mph. So freaking lame.

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

patrick for all i know this is the first small time tunnel for its time. this is more about scaleability then it is about fast speeds. this is a cheap alternative. having to install a trainrails and bigger tunnel costs alot more money

[@patricksoon85]

@@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000 Perhaps, but a subway tunnel would be more efficient. Nothing promised/implied has come to fruition so far.

[@jimbo1637]

"capitalism breeds innovation"

[@diegodesouza5382]

Ikr

[@clacoursiere67]

Necessity is the mother of invention. I don’t know what you mean by ‘capitalism’, but you’d have to give solid evidence before I believed that sentence of yous.

[@jimbo1637]

@@clacoursiere67 what I'm saying is if we let profit be the biggest factor determining how we develop we'll end up with more stupid stuff like this. Do all the hard work for building a subway tunnel then turn it into a single lane of traffic because the guy who owns the car company wants too.

[@clacoursiere67]

@@jimbo1637 What? A cool mind on Internet? The role of profit in business management --- I've been shareholder/founder/principal of small privately owned companies for 25 years -- is not what or as uniform as one might think. Profit is good: allows me to grow and hire new smart people! I've got 30 happy, highly educated employees, and 100s of great customers doing cool stuff. So, yeah, finding new ways of doing things that I think are good for clients and can bring better margins occupy a good amount of thoughts as bizdev meetings. Bad? I'm not so sure. Pulling fleece over people's head is bad and I think we'd agree here. Telling people that a goat is a cow is also bad. With all respect, try and and refine these thoughts of yours because nothing good comes out of such sweeping statements. Which is what started this thread: "radical invention! cars in tunnels! 400 people moved in one hour! will all be autonomous soon! 30mph! led tunnels!!

[@jimbo1637]

@@clacoursiere67 I understand how profit works, and I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm just saying in some instances profit doesn't makes sense. The goal of the las Vegas loop was to help with traffic. A subway would have accomplished this better as it can objectively carry more people than a single lane of traffic. The latter was built because ultimately this is a publicity stunt, not a means of transportation.

[@honeybellebuzlucay5867]

Mom, can we have subway Her: We have subway at home The subway at home:

[@JCavLP]

If that's the future of transport we really deserve climate change lol

[@reezdog]

This thing is such a failure. It is basically a marketing ploy to sell Teslas

[@sandz000]

so what is the failure if it successfully markets the tesla?

[@reezdog]

@@sandz000 well I guess it is a success then lol

[@skyrockhou6325]

How is it a failure? They did it without public funds for a fraction of the price of a regular tunneling service and it’s their first project ever

[@reezdog]

@@skyrockhou6325 watch KZbin videos reviewing and commenting on it.

[@cbrown717]

@@skyrockhou6325 They absolutely used public funds.

[@nealinnc]

4400 people per hour in a fleet of 62 teslas. Each tesla transports 71 people per hour. I assume they max out 3 riders per car so roughly 24 trips per hour per car. No way, not even close. The las vegas convention center holds about 200,000 people for a large event. If half wanted to get there by this futuristic awesomeness it would only take about 23 hours at max capacity, but there is no way this thing runs at max capacity. But it does put a lot of taxi cab drivers to work!

[@jakefromstatefarm9721]

Ya but it has LED lights.

[@grassytramtracks]

And they haven't got anywhere near the claimed capacity

[@minaryeon9259]

This is a joke.

[@jamesyang420]

@@jakefromstatefarm9721 I've been to Montreal and their subway trains have LED lights. Much more futurist than this one I should say.

[@hariseldon02]

So it's too hot to walk. Maybe building a city in the freaking desert was not a good idea?

[@rajnadar6555]

Plenty of cities around the world are too hot to walk in the summertime...Dubai for instance...doesn't mean nothing is going to built there.

[@TalesOfWar]

The most hilarious thing here is that the AC is just a heat pump. It pumps all the heat back into the tunnels and makes it even hotter.

[@marwin4348]

​@@rajnadar6555 Dubai is a pretty bad example considering it a very temporary glory, it only exists because of Oil in the area.

[@skyrockhou6325]

@@marwin4348 only 28% of UAE GDP is focused on oil so you’re wrong

[@notyourbuisness5375]

@@skyrockhou6325 Now it is 28% percent but when they started building Dubai it was close to 95%.

[@lime56]

wow, a tunnel with three exits that you can drive a car through, truly the future

[@carloss1788]

We've got that in Europe, but instead of cars we use trains. You're welcome, America.

[@sbonfye8058]

The tunnel would just become the new traffic lol

[@johntheux9238]

That's true, we need tunnels and roads on the surface. They are complementary, without the road it's the tunnel which would be jammed.

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

@@johntheux9238 No lol, it's literally adding more lanes and more car traffic to the problem.

[@johntheux9238]

@@theodiscusgaming3909 Adding more lanes only create traffic if people can change lanes. This system is separated from the surface. Watch "The Simple Solution to Traffic" from CGP Grey to see why more lanes on the same road is bad but more roads is not.

[@neku2741]

@@johntheux9238 more road is bad it makes more people uses more cars. What you need is a public transport but the USA oil and motor industries won't allow that.

[@johntheux9238]

@@neku2741 Makes even more roads then. Continuous expansion allows you to always be ahead of demand.

[@TheDragonaf1]

So...it's a private taxi.... revolutionary!!

[@alexanderulv3886]

Yeah you must be fun at parties. Space exploration is literally just flying metal.

[@Analysta654]

Yeah. Basically a private taxi in subway tunnels. Neither idea is revolutionary, but in the U.S. It could be the closest thing to high-speed public transportation we’ll ever see.

[@coolzudex3811]

@@alexanderulv3886 lol

[@Crypted112]

@@alexanderulv3886 except that's oversimplifying space exploration, but it's pretty accurate for this. this is basically just uber in an underground tunnel

[@Fpvpilot928]

The boring companies pitch is "to bring emissions free subterranean transport to the masses." Soooo..... a super expensive, super unsafe subway which requires people to be ferried around in Teslas.

[@johntheux9238]

It's actually super cheap. Was 47 millions while the next bid was 215 millions.

[@Fpvpilot928]

@@johntheux9238 But does the next bid actually function as safe mass transit?

[@johntheux9238]

@@Fpvpilot928 It had a slightly higher capacity but not that much.

[@Fpvpilot928]

@@johntheux9238 And what happens if, simultaneously, two Tesla have a fiery crash on either end of one of these tunnels? Where do the people in the middle go? Where does their air come from?

[@YummyCatgirlMilk]

@@johntheux9238 the total price came to 55 million. it can only do 1800 people and it will cost 7.7 million a year to pay the drivers .

[@SaschaPallenberg]

to call this the future of transport and to hear this from a senior editor or a tech-channel really makes me wonder about the integrity. Call it what it is: a scam!

[@rravitejamavr6650]

How?

[@vinny7114]

@@rravitejamavr6650 because that wasn't the deal, they cut corners

[@markplott4820]

Sascha - the Dopplemyer people mover was the SCAM. BORING Tunnles are cheaper and saver than a TRAMWAY or Articulated Bus.

[@SaschaPallenberg]

@@markplott4820 yup they look quite safe without any rescue tunnels, ventilations, sprinkler-systems etc pp. This is a scam in terms of safety and efficiency!

[@markplott4820]

@@SaschaPallenberg - ELECTRIC cars are SAFER than ICEV, and they dont catch fire when Operating. only battery fires after a CRASH and people EXITING the Vehicle safely. However BORING LOOP Tunnels do have ventiliation and Refuge areas.

[@midnightflare9879]

0%: Wow, this tunnel is so cool! *Literally 100%:* Why not just build a train?!

[@canguven1180]

Elon should learn how trains work.

[@alpakapucuf3394]

now way, thats not patriotic enough

[@princesibanda9594]

"Well, sir, there's nothing on earth, like a genuine, bona fide, electrified, six-car monorail...sing it with me now, Monoraaaaaaaaaaail".

[@JayAr02]

Monoraaaaaaaaail!

[@jonlundfelt9300]

Monorail!

[@paulwilson3759]

Wow! Get you Elon, you’ve invented the underground train, oh wait……hang on, you set your time machine 120 years too late!!

[@CUBETechie]

120years? The train exist in 1830s

[@paulwilson3759]

@@CUBETechie first steam powered train journey was taken in 1804, so yeh, about 120 years

[@CUBETechie]

@@paulwilson3759 oh okay that is long 😀

[@johnstephenson5158]

@@paulwilson3759 i think you mean 220 years m8

[@paulwilson3759]

@@johnstephenson5158 Wow. Well spotted, ahhh well, I know what I meant 😁

[@54114142]

Wait, what?! It's just a tunnel where a taxi driver picks you up and takes you through a narrow tunnel at slow speed?! WHAT?!

[@kevinbailey8827]

That's exactly what it is. It gets you there faster than the alternatives, not by magic, but by a combination of easily understood technology.

[@54114142]

@@kevinbailey8827 don't try to sugarcoat this! Just don't! Rediculous. It was supposed to be a long distance tunnel with automatic driving at extreme speeds. Not a priority line for taxies.

[@kevinbailey8827]

@@54114142 I don't care about what it "was supposed to be". That may have been your dream, but it wasn't mine. The Las Vegas Loop is what it is, which is an effective way to get between several stations in and near the Convention Center. The number of stations is growing and will eventually be more than 90, covering the resort and university areas of Las Vegas. That's what's been approved so far, but it could eventually spread out into the residential areas of Las Vegas and Henderson.

[@SJHD]

sooo the London Underground with cars

[@sumdumbbeats9879]

CNET should feel stupid for posting this and keeping it up.

[@t0bse]

“bringing emission-free subterranean transport to the masses” … she did not just say that, did she? she knows about trains, right? underground trains? are capitalists okay?

[@KingNios]

This is such an American solution to traffic problems... like just build a damn metro system...

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

bro do you even get what the problem here is? this is las vegas.. this city doesnt need that. you can easily drive for small portions with a small easily scalable size tunnel. connecting a train system underground will cost so much more money and is alot less private and eventually these cars can run

[@BiharyGabor]

@@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000 Are you sure you know how the costs of this tunnel and a metro tunnel compare? Why would you need anything private in this case? Actually, what do you mean by "private" here?

[@barchetta575m]

The "Vegas Loop" isn't a transport solution, it's merely an advertisement for Tesla cars.

[@emiliajojo5703]

I definetely have to do this thrill ride!!! 200 mph on german Autobahn gets boring.

[@freddybell8328]

The Autobahn has a speed limit

[@emiliajojo5703]

@@freddybell8328 only on30% of the highway system,the rest only recommended speed limit,doing 251mph,current record, you can watch it on KZbin, is perfectly legal

[@eternalemperorvalkorion750]

@@emiliajojo5703 I thought that if you were clocked doing more then 320Kph then it breaks rules but that’s still beyond insane speed

[@emiliajojo5703]

@@eternalemperorvalkorion750 it's legal,but insane.for example the record of 402 kmh was done on a special tuned Bugatti on a road with few traffic, sunday to avoid trucks,perfect weather ans road conditions,professional race driver and so on and so on.

[@JOAKINGtube]

This guy scammed an entire city!

[@kapilchhabria1727]

if you do the math, if people were to just walk through the tunnel, there were would be higher traffic per hour through the loop. good job elon, you made a beautiful pedestrian walkway, 100ft below the ground.

[@ADthehawk]

*with no ventilation

[@kapilchhabria1727]

@@ADthehawk yes because you dont need to breath inside a car. i am sure there is cross ventilation in this quarter mile long tunnel. even elon is not that dumb.

[@HKim0072]

Never been so underwhelmed by something in my life.

[@HeadsUpTV]

I would probably crash into the wall if I was driving, as it looks so tight.

[@markplott4820]

TESLA Autopilot is 10x better than a HUMAN , most people are CHIMPS .

[@Roaryer]

@@markplott4820 weird they aren't using the autopilot then.

[@cybertrk]

@@Roaryer they’re programming it as they drive. Don’t mistake 1 year for the next 100 years

[@onestudent2568]

It is a legal lane like any other driving lane. He and his structural engineers had enormous requirements, standards, and codes to follow. I would love to drive it all day......The Tesla is so firm on the road. The perfect drive to demonstrate what I mean. (I have one and that car is incredible to drive and all my life I have driven other high-quality cars. Musk knows precisely what is doing,,a step at a time.

[@mapl3mage]

i saw a video by Common Sense Skeptic (title: DEBUNKING THE VEGAS LOOP), and he brings a good point. The walls are so tight, you might not be able to open the doors while in the tunnel. If the car catches fire, as it happens sometimes, you are trapped inside the car, and even if by a miracle fire doesn't kill you, the smoke will certainly do the job. Basically, they threw all safety regulations out of the window when making this tunnel. It's not a matter of if a disaster will happen, but when.

[@lmbtcs1879]

so its an rgb tunnel

[@hankkingsley9183]

It needs to be large enough for a walkway alongside it for emergency use with access doors to a center service tunnel with separate air circulation system. These things should be overbuilt and have redundancy

[@realdragon]

Safety what's that? ~Capitalism

[@gammaraider]

Riiight... 4400 people/hour in this thing. At an average of 2.5 passengers per car, that's one car every 2 seconds. I'd be impressed if they even get 1/5 of that, and that's when everything goes 100% right.

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

lol if u really where to be impressed by it cus it will take cars 2 minutes to drive truh this tunnel, with a average of 2.5 people on average and 62 it could optimally run more people then 4400 per hour if there is sufficient demand. the cars can drive faster tho and with automation coming they can drive without a driver. this will increase the average passenger by alot

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

test it for yourself: this tunnel is 1.7 miles long and you can drive at 35 mph and having 62 cars. this solution is stacable and not as intrusive as trains and can be alot more complex ultimately

[@IvanGonzalez-eo5kj]

@@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000 it’s also fuming stipid

[@Hlebka]

What's the point of this garbage? Wasn't this supposed to be only for transport pods traveling at high speeds... there's no point in these tunnels if only normal cars are being used there...

[@hanswasser]

The berlin subway transports twice as many people per hour, and that with a tunnel system that's 100 years old...

[@kevinbailey8827]

This transports 100% of the people it needs to, and it does it quickly. Putting in a system that transports twice as many would mean half the seats are empty at the busiest times. Berlin should keep its subway in Berlin, where it's useful. Vegas doesn't need it, and Berlin would miss it.

[@mikopaq]

Wrong: There are only 20 Teslas. Has not been proven to move 4400 per hour. That is the goal but will never happen. The Boring tunnel is totally underwhelming and is a failure from the start. Nothing but a tourist attraction. Disney World blows it away.🤣

[@onfrancois]

So everyone will get stuck if a car have breakdown and no Exit in case of fire? How did it pass Safety Fire Building???

[@CreatorPolar]

Corruption

[@cbrown717]

1:22 But wait! He put AC in the cars! So innovative!

[@RK-ve4xp]

Crap. Just put a train there. It is far more effective than cars.

[@ava-he9li]

Why not a metro with leds?

[@juanbalandra8226]

So is a tunnel with LED lights? Just build a Metro System.

[@Alexx_5303]

Wtf is the advantages of this tunnel system?

[@uoppsdnsu4266]

Significantly cheaper than a subway, which is the alternative for quick trips in the city.

[@martini380]

A Metro system costs like 100+ Million/km, the miami loop is supposed to cost around 10Million/km. So it is 10x cheaper. But a Metro can also hold 100+ times as many people. Even if it was that fast, a single metro would carry the same amount of people as 15+ Teslas, doesn't need to get charged and is safer.

[@johntheux9238]

Point-to-point because there are a lot of small vehicles, high speed (155mph) and more stations so less walk to get to the loop. Only worth it once the extension is done because there are only 3 stations for now and the radius is too small to go that fast.

[@uoppsdnsu4266]

@@martini380 it’s not 10 million/Tesla lol, the tunnel can transport 4,400 people per hour, about the same as a metro would have been capable of.

[@YummyCatgirlMilk]

@@uoppsdnsu4266 wrong yet again. Tokyo's metro handles 1.6 million people an hour

[@mikopaq]

Do the math people! They had 300 test participants. In order to come out with the claim of 4400 people moved in an hour number they'd have to have moved 300 people every 4 minutes. Imfuckingpossible. Or are we giving him the "up to" quotient, meaning anything from 1 person "up to" 4400 people qualifies for his bonus?!

[@softwarephil1709]

Many large airports have convenient and safe trams that run 24/7 without an operator.

[@saisawant1228]

Can someone please explain to me how it's going to solve the traffic problem like I am not smart like Elon so for me, it's just like adding one more lane but underground

[@ADthehawk]

It's an advertisement, nothing else. Completely stupid as a transport solution.

[@bfgb9269]

What was the capacity 440 Person per Hour? Well this Train on my Profil picture (called Doppelstock Pendel Zug DPZ) can per unit (2 Wagen 2. CLASS 1 Wagen 1. Class) carry up to 400 passenger and couple 3 trainsset with have a capacity of 1200 person per Train not per hour.

[@bfgb9269]

Plus this Trainset operates in canton Zürich -(Switzerland) with only have around 1 Mio Person.

[@illomens2766]

An extremely narrow tunnel filled with Teslas with highly combustible and hard to extinguish car batteries. Say what you want about Elon Musk, but the man knows how to design a great death trap.

[@kevinbailey8827]

Tesla fires are rare. Believe it or not they are designed not to burst into flames.

[@illomens2766]

@@kevinbailey8827 This is still a tragedy in the making sir.

[@kevinbailey8827]

@@illomens2766 Every form of transportation is a tragedy in the making.

[@engorgioarmani3381]

It's just a tunnel for 1 car. What's so innovative about it?

[@sttrife]

Not much, I think it's just cheaper than other tunnel companies or something.

[@imjody]

This is only step one. This is not what Elon had envisioned. Baby steps. Let's give it time yet.

[@cbrown717]

@@imjody Found the Musk apologist!!!

[@Salti26]

Nothing you can just slap some tracks add a light rail and the systems 100 times better

[@Goodmusicandlove]

No-one gonna talk about all the the marks along the tunnel like things are crashing into it all the time

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

WOW! Inventing revolutionary new fire death traps with all the safety features of standard tunnels removed is TIGHT!

[@Jake-rs9nq]

It's just a tunnel... but with GAMER LIGHTS

[@Someone-ji2gm]

Guys, I got another idea to help! Let's get horses and put A CARRIAGE on them this will be 100% natural and quick!

[@David-sq2en]

Will they have RGB?

[@tylerkochman1007]

“There’s still a human behind the wheel”. So, he didn’t even invent a less-efficient train. He invented a less efficient bus loop. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@crockett616]

What happens if there is a fire in the tunnel? Everyone chokes?

[@kevinbailey8827]

I hope they’d turn on their powerful ventilation system and evacuate the people from the tunnel the way they practice.

[@crockett616]

@@kevinbailey8827 yeah Im just wondering if they have a system that is powerful enough. That's a lot of air to move. Also fires in tunnels are nasty due to the heat in a pretty confined space and the smoke spreading. Don't they have escapes in some bigger tunnels for evacuation in these cases? Im no expert though, just wondering.

[@kevinbailey8827]

@@crockett616 They developed their emergency systems and procedures with the help of the Clark County Fire Department (which would be responding to any emergency calls). Longer tunnels will have dedicated emergency exits. In most conceivable emergencies, the best evacuation method will be to drive most passengers out using the vehicles they are already sitting in. That’s the method they practice.

[@semplar2007]

imagine 2 cars somewhere in tunnel get stuck due to some traffic accident. then a driver in between them has claustrophobia.. one of cars started leaking gasoline and it caught fire...

[@Milkra]

America will do whatever it takes to not improve public transportation

[@lepidoptera9337]

This is public transportation, kid. :-)

[@Milkra]

@@lepidoptera9337 LMFAOOOOOOOO I’m so sorry for you guys 🤣

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@Milkra Worst reply ever award. :-)

[@Milkra]

@@lepidoptera9337 failed comeback, try again Lmerican lmao

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@Milkra Second worst reply ever. I will give you attention, anyway. You are desperate for it. :-)

[@user-cv1jb9xv2p]

3:13 Practically seeing this, it is a pipe dream.

[@aryan_bhattarai]

this is just dumb. this has soo many problems i dunno where to even start. not to mention how inefficient they are compared to just regular high speed trains.

[@cbrown717]

Heck a low speed subway train is better than this.

[@nicholashylton6857]

An underground taxi stand featuring RGB lights and Teslas. How futuristic...

[@claudiaaa4268]

Imagine the weight of those huge hotels and having holes underground 😬 it sound like a great idea until it isn’t.

[@kevinbailey8827]

Many cities have subway tunnels. I guess subway tunnels are a great idea until they aren't. The tunnels run under the streets. Just as subway tunnels generally run under streets.

[@ro.zyipitoe5226]

What if -- you make it bigger so it fits more people and it's way more scale efficient and what if--- let's say... we change the rubber wheels with steel wheels because they are stronger? Oh, that's a metro, or a light rail

[@ragnarlodbrok8399]

Have you been on public transport; duck tht it’s full of public

[@grassytramtracks]

@@ragnarlodbrok8399 well do you want to wait hours to take your tesla taxi such that would be faster to walk? If you are so offended by the existence of another human being, don't go to cities, simple as

[@mohamedatef9688]

Mind-blowing. So basically expensive extra limited lane that is only for Tesla's taxis.

[@TheSpynerd]

Elon's fun call that the future

[@ericbold2738]

Even though i have much respect for Elon musk, i don't think this city-wide tunnel concept will succeed. I can bet my money on this.

[@UnknownUser-ej8tk]

Do it then. When the boring company goes public you can short it, literally betting against it. I will be doing the opposite.

[@Roconnell95]

What if one believe in elon and all his various companies, including the boring company, but think this concept is a joke?

[@neku2741]

@@UnknownUser-ej8tk I do you one better. I'm shorting tesla in a few years.

[@UnknownUser-ej8tk]

@@neku2741 In a few years? why then?

[@freddybell8328]

@@UnknownUser-ej8tk he likes losing money

[@atrothe]

We are all lucky that Elon has not read Jules Vernes 20000 leagues under the sea. Otherwise he would also be the worlds best submarine designer. This guy is the Elizabeth Holmes king of transport.

[@isaacerwin9402]

Can't believe Elon isnt seriously considering just putting some Tesla motors and batteries in a Used or broken bus. Would work in this tunnel way better.

[@harukrentz435]

He hates public transport, he tries so hard to imitate real american. Lol

[@MrAlsachti]

Naive question: why cars and not buses? Buses can take more passengers, and can go outside, connecting the subway system to the above-ground transportation system. You can even add cars if you want, if stations are large enough so that a car can go through the station while a bus is stopped. I suppose that the construction costs would not have been that different, the tunnels just need to be large enough for a bus, perhaps you'll need bigger stations...

[@grassytramtracks]

Not a naïve question at all, you have a good point, but this is just a stupid VIP taxi for the crazy rich. It would be far more efficient to put even buses, but yet still way better to use trains but this Musk

[@ADthehawk]

You can put a amusement park train (a little bigger as you need AC in there) in there at a fraction of the cost needed for all those Teslas. And the rides would be much more interesting as well.

[@samduhy5554]

lol this lady drove through a tunnel and is acting like she this is some revolutionary tech lol.

[@AlohaBiatch]

A tunnel slower than a highway, where taxi drivers have to drive you around lol.

[@shibak4]

Future of transport? If it's in a tunnel loop, why not a train?

[@Eld3r]

So he basically combined the inefficiency of trains with cars. Genius!

[@genericname3459]

trains are efficient

[@ikillwithyourtruthholdagai2000]

@@genericname3459 oh yeah cus trains are always chock full, cus people cant seem to get rid of trains, people just love trains so much!!

[@AntonSlizzardhands]

What will happened if there is a traffic crash or someone has a medical emergency?

[@Boffin55]

"the drivers are trained to back out of the tunnel" (sadly, I'm not kidding)

[@Crypted112]

pray to god you somehow survive i guess because this whole system is a mess. one person crashing is gonna clog the whole system

[@BallerDan53]

I think the boring company is much better at making computer graphics than practical infrastructure.

[@saiedfarahani1109]

When Las Vegas gets a politician with more than one brain cell, you should be able to maybe, possibly convert it to train?

[@kevinbailey8827]

Then you get all the downsides of trains. Also, no one wants to build a train system for the price that TBC is charging for the loop.

[@diagnostician001]

So is traffic in that area so bad that vehicles on the street can't make a 1.7 mile drive in a timely manner?

[@kevinbailey8827]

So much yes.

[@katana1960]

This is a three year old video to me, it's Nov 2024 now. I just bought a lease return 2021 Tesla Model S with Full Self Driving. I took it from Napa, Ca. to Reno Nv. last weekend. I used FSD the whole way and had to take control twice for about three minutes each time. You have to pay attention, but it steers and handles the turns through the mountains pretty well.

[@twoah927]

It’s crazy that it only cost them 50 million to build, I live next to a light rail system which has been under construction for ~10 years and is costing 1 billion per kilometre for a total of 12 billion. Yes the boring tunnel isn’t a perfect solution but it seems better than some light trail or subway projects.

[@Crypted112]

i see this argument a lot. yea, sure it's less expensive but it's also worse because it lacks everything a normal tunnel system has and it's horrible when it comes to actual capacity. 4,400 people per hour isn't very impressive when a subway system can do 10x that in the same time without needing multiple teslas