The Boring Company Loop System

[@a_witcher94]

can't wait until everything inside the tube is an oled screen and dolphins swim with you during the ride and of course... ads ... *.*

[@codemonkey2k5]

Oh that's a freaking epic idea!

[@johntheux9238]

Best comment.

[@a_witcher94]

@@codemonkey2k5 I bet LG is already on it ^^

[@a_witcher94]

@@johntheux9238 thank you :)

[@a_witcher94]

@The New Space Race why not?! ^^

[@whitestraightwil455]

dont forget to place torches or mobs will spawn in there

[@zyansheep]

/gamerule doMobSpawning false

[@zyansheep]

ez /gamerule doMobSpawning false

[@RussianNationalist]

Creeper

[@gloomsouls]

True

[@goldenshovel7573]

@@RussianNationalist awwww man

[@IvoViens800]

This just seems like a metro, but less efficient

[@Jerry-tg2lj]

for all the good ideas elon has had, this aint one of them. has made a great video on it

[@eannamcnamara9338]

Yep it sure is.

[@nonunivedh1477]

Yes

[@gianmarcodezi8562]

People,if possible, still prefer to use their cars. Public transportation is unfortunately still considered something for poor people somewhere in the world. In a future world, we will need multi-layer street (so we have to decide if make them under the street or above (causing issue about lighting). And we will need to abolish non self driving car, or maybe put binaries on the streets too. It is meant not to be a better version of a street, it has to be another layer of the street. This technology looks cool, and has all the opportunities to attract rich people ( metro doesn't have that). It means it is gonna be easier to convince them to fund it. All the problems are solvable: (bottleneck of elevators with just multi layer elevators or with ramps and some mechanisms like a cableway: you go downstairs with a ramp and you wait for a platform to arrive in order to get on board; high temperature risk with simple air flow etc etc..) The only real problem? It's too futuristic for people to believe in. But is it a real problem for Elon Musk? All in all he always focused on innovation way bigger than what people expect. The main thing is: stop saying that traffic and pollution can be resolved with public transportation... People don't like them, they won't like it in 5/10 years either (this is the time we have in order to accomplish something for our planet) and above all... They are still too limited: they are only in big cities and they cover small areas... They aren't a solution for journeys longer than 10/15 km max. This is a project way bigger... Sure it is too expensive, this is why he won't be able to create something good enough without the help of others big investors. But I truly hope this project will start expanding on others layer ( road over our streets maybe). Future is now... We just need to believe in it and stop with the mediocrity of accepting that we have fucked up the planet and deluding ourself that sharing vehicles and bullshit like that are working solutions because at the moment their aren't.

[@eannamcnamara9338]

@@gianmarcodezi8562 bruh maybe in the us, but in most countries its considered normal. no one looks down on it. the problem is the US not the metro. the rest of the world loves it, the us needs to grow up. ( if you want proof the Paris metro where i live has 1.5 billion anual rides, thats 20 percent of earths population)

[@Adesterr]

If you use steel rails instead of concrete and larger train cars, perhaps even multiple train cars coupled together, then this metro idea could work out great. Public transportation is no small task, but i am confident that you guys can make an amazing system if you scale things up a little bit.

[@liamhackett513]

A billionaire sitting in an L. A. traffic jam for a couple of hours has an epiphany? I don't think this fckr is actually going to be building hyperloop anytime soon, it's useless technology. The hype is propping up his share value. Tesla has share value up there with Ford and GM but they arent even selling a tenth of what the big boys are selling. Hype is might.

[@notapokemontrainer800]

This thing *isn't* for making public transportation more efficient tho It's a project only for cars and it's highly inefficient, not to mention a waste, to do this instead of making a subway train system

[@forestsunset9617]

@@notapokemontrainer800 Don't say that. Mr. Musk has reinvented the metro and it is brilliant. A complete waste of money and time, but don't you dare say that.

[@bobbyhall7472]

@@notapokemontrainer800 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@SmeagstheGremlin]

@@notapokemontrainer800 bro musk Is a millionaire guy who made rockets. You and me both play Pokémon let's not say things we both can't comprehend

[@coreytaylor447]

be carful not to confuse this with the hyperloop guys

[@MESHQuality]

At some point they will combine it together, that's what Musk said :)

[@paname514]

Not with a rubber-tired métro either.

[@Lukealby12]

Evren bud you’ve commented this on like 8 other comments. You are so fucking cool!

[@eyurtese]

@@Lukealby12 Yes but so many people got musked! is that my fault? :D I wish there was a way to insert link as clickable text in youtube instead of copy/pasting the whole link...is there?

[@coreytaylor447]

​@@eyurtese I fail to see how this relates in any way to my comment

[@TonyMacaroni69_]

Finally a CEO which fulfills his visions. Keep it up mr. Musk!

[@paname514]

What a vision to put a car on rubber-tired métro tracks, indeed. Guess what, in Paris, they even have been putting trains on such tracks since 1951 - Lausanne uses it now among others. And Mercedes-Benz also made a similar O-Bahn with buses in Adelaide in the 1980s. That's where Musk got his idea. No innovation.

[@JahMansaMusa]

@@paname514 What's wrong with building on existing ideas and what's wrong with progression? All SwissSpace said was that he's a CEO that's fulfilling his visions, how did you get something negative to say from that? Smh, it's like everyone's so defensive

[@eyurtese]

@@JahMansaMusa Everybody is entitled to an opinion. But the question is why you think this is a good idea? How is it progress to waste somebody's retirement fund in toys like this? But I am not surprised you think like this. It is history repeating itself. When Enron was playing everybody, Merrill Lynch fired the only analyst who figured out Enron was cooking books. I bet they told him that Enron was doing something great revolutinizing the industry.

[@math8222]

Evren you loose your shorts short?

[@TonyMacaroni69_]

@@paname514 I'm just saying that it's amazing how fast he turns his ideas into reality. That's why I love this guy. Especially because of his progress in spacex. So please just try not to feel offended that quickly and appreciate what he has done for our lives

[@harrisa5517]

Man is this how we go from city to city. It's going to suck not seeing the nice blue sky, the trees, the mountains when going on a road trip. Road trips would feel like crap going in these garbage tunnels

[@important3985]

Truee

[@harrisa5517]

@Durgesh Anand sure we all agree that the roads should still exist. This is not a replacement for classic roads

[@fredgarvinmaleprostitute6451]

I can't use my satellite radio in a tunnel so no thanks!

[@Sariya001]

And also can't easily escape if any disastrous thing happen!!!

[@chillhopnation7635]

@Rahul they both need track. It just not use this with this and this with that. You should know about their cost and material consumption. I reccommend a good system that is cheaper and helpful for both cases

[@binch6291]

I feel like the litmus test for a Musk stan's rabidness is how hard they'll defend this idea.

[@Bamgbamgbamg]

They see this idea and call him "revolutionary" "genius"

[@eannamcnamara9338]

It is. Like bruh just make a fucking metro or tram system.

[@tubaraofeio1053]

wow, Elon invented the subway, amazing!

[@Vipersnake21]

A far more less efficient subway

[@Virsho]

metro without added benefits of metro

[@TheRealColt45]

But worse. Much much worse. Genius!

[@satm380]

Video: wow Reality: Car tyres hit both the walls and bends

[@ferdy206]

Not really the front tire has a thing (idk what its called) that connects to the railing so you wont hit the wall

[@4D4Mss]

@@ferdy206 its like what trains have

[@ferdy206]

@@4D4Mss exactly

[@Deepak_kumar__S]

@@4D4Mss yes

[@theconandog]

@@ferdy206 a thing

[@IXONERU]

Elon really doesnt fear making claustrophofobic designs

[@0207chinna]

imagine a car breakdown in that tunnel.

[@mrdirtblock-minecraft8535]

Chinna Reddy Simple, make cars that dont break down, (also your nearest exit is like 250 yards away

[@0207chinna]

@@mrdirtblock-minecraft8535 if it were possible, there would be no car breakdowns today.

[@mrdirtblock-minecraft8535]

Chinna Reddy It was a joke, then i replied with my actual answer

[@bullyeyelash3061]

@Durgesh Anand do you really think only one car passes through the tunnel at a time?

[@joshuaramirez5399]

Promised: 155mph autonomous 16 passenger pods Produced: 30 mph piloted 4 passenger teslas

[@Vilakazi]

That's the genius of Elon musk. That's why I love him so much.

[@vijfsnippervijf]

They will be autonomous soon!

[@namenotimportant8408]

@@vijfsnippervijf thats what he said for years.

[@KadenWarrior]

@@namenotimportant8408 two more weeks

[@namenotimportant8408]

@@KadenWarrior OMG FOR REAL????? Is it on the same day he brings a human to mars?

[@pretzelstick6216]

I require the LÖÖPS elön. Bring us the LÖÖPS!

[@BrotherBloat]

Brother. May I have your loops?

[@borisvbrknex]

@@BrotherBloat brøther* lööps*

[@JesSuPer443]

Lääps, lüüps, lõõps

[@--2]

lúúps

[@BallMuncher555]

The lööps suck and are horrible and dumb and bad and trains are better.

[@cloudfresh1449]

Imagine having an emergency inside this tunnel..

[@ndr1259]

Same thing on elevators, subways, airplanes...

[@Derpydude58]

Tire popped

[@itsjuniormx]

Cars will then selfs and will also tell you if something will go wrong

[@HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks.]

Imagine go from Los Angeles to New York and never see the sun. What a horrible idea.

[@HeresTheGenZFlorentineFolks.]

@@ndr1259 ehmmm no.... on elevators u have an emergency button, on subways there are always the “panic rooms” and on airplanes hostess are medical prepared... and there’s always a doctor in the passengers... in the movies... so that’s it

[@donald992]

It's a good idea and I see its potential, but I believe some improvements can make it even better! First, instead of using small cars, we can make the cars longer so more people can be transported at once, making it more efficient at transporting people. Even better, we can attach them all together, further increasing its capacity. Another bold idea is that installing more doors on each car can make it easier for people to get in and get out. Maybe also using an overhead wire system to supply power will also be beneficial to this system, as far less batteries can be used, making the entire thing significantly lighter and cheaper as less resources will be needed, and saving energy in the process too! And to save even more energy, instead of using rubber tyres that will wear out quickly, use steel wheels on steel tracks. They'll last far longer and they'll also generate less friction, saving energy! I know it's a little far-fetched, totally something which existed in London back in 1863, but with a little more investment from Musk's huge fortune, I'm sure this system will be even better!

[@Max-kr2nl]

While being busy thinking you were the smartest person in the room, you failed to realized to major things: battery electric vehicles are more efficient than public transport and they will be dirt cheap in the near future. This means people will be even less inclined to use public transport than they are now. And no, they don't like it. They don't like it in Europe either, and spending more money on it won't change that, just as it hasn't in the past decades. So the question here is, and that's what Boring is trying to address: how are we creating the necessary infrastructure to accommodate the increasing number of cars? It's not a big issue in rural areas, as public transport has never been a significant factor there (no, it hasn't been in Europe either). But it is an issue in urban areas. Whether this concept will work out is another story and will depend on whether they can decrease the cost of boring to make it economically viable.

[@SHANTANU7739]

Imagine a car going through this suddenly stop due to any reason and car coming from behind

[@AyushSingh-js3rf]

Lol...All Tesla have Accident prevention system Inbuilt

[@zenmashh]

If it gets used it'll probably have sensor to tell drivers on the street if someone is already inside

[@suwarnatamang8450]

There is always a chance not risk.. traveling through plane is most risky but people still travel

[@AyushSingh-js3rf]

@@suwarnatamang8450 Facts

[@ichkaqqimstehen]

@@suwarnatamang8450 using a car is waaaaay more dangerous than a plane.

[@SharifSourour]

Reminds me of a combination of Japanese parking lot buildings with robotic car elevators & the "Transitway" system they have here in Ottawa, exclusive roads for public transport; except underground and for private citizens.

[@TheFreddieFoo]

I think the majority of the time will be consumed in making this system idiot proof, what if someone litters in the tunnel and it ends up being a hazard to the people behind?

[@Edu-Rodriguez]

The car HAS to be in Autonomous driving. I'm sure windows will remain closed, and many other bunch of stuff

[@jjc5475]

@@Edu-Rodriguez it's on a track system fam. still shouldn't litter. but installing camera's and blocking access to everybody doing it could help.

[@TheFreddieFoo]

@@Edu-Rodriguez yup, that's a good start.

[@randomyoutubeaccount6906]

@@Edu-Rodriguez shattered window maybe?

[@Edu-Rodriguez]

@@TheFreddieFoo they say will be open to any brand that want to use the infrastructure as long as is "autonomous driving", I'm wondering what would be the "minimum requirements" and if other car manufacturers are willing to follow up. Also, who is going to design the pods for pedestrians? Might be Tesla itself

[@faze_fake6962]

Okay now imagine millions of people trying to get into the tunnel

[@gabrielchanel4448]

that aint happening cuz high way and roads are still gonna exist

[@Adesterr]

perhaps if they would use larger train cars and perhaps even multiple coupled together, like in a metro. perhaps even with steel rails instead of concrete rails, for saftey reasons and stuff, perhaps if the people enter the stations without an car. I mean, if they scale this system a little bit up, they might have a great concept for public transportation!

[@blthetube1]

As much as I greatly respect Elon's ingenuity, I think he's off the mark on this. There just seems to be a lot that can go wrong jamming tens of thousands of cars through a tube each day. I would like to see him perfect the underground high speed Maglev mass transit system. It just seems to make more sense getting all those single occupant vehicles off the road.

[@johntheux9238]

That's the beauty of the autonomous vehicles: it's not one main system controlled by one computer that can failed. It's millions of cars that can react independently, there is so much redundancy that it can't failed.

[@ayoze101]

I don't know though. It's basically a horizontal elevator. you move a constant speed without worrying about turning. If you manage to mess this up you are over thinking it.

[@eannamcnamara9338]

@@ayoze101 well you can just build a train system like we have for the past 250 years. They're far more efficient and rarely have any problems with lifts because they're so perfected.

[@ayoze101]

@@eannamcnamara9338 that also. they literally just reinvented tunnels but more inefficient and for rich people

[@keeran02]

i wouldn’t respect elon musk at all.

[@MsPaganini10]

We all know, eventually somebody is gonna hack into this and cause devastation.

[@chingizisgandarli8812]

Well,duh

[@christinaandwena8917]

What? It’s a tunnel… you gon hack the earth?

[@muradali8479]

Okay, now this is epic

[@Skunkwurx]

Why?

[@Evropaea]

A tunnel? How is this epic?

[@nets0und200]

They don't understand xD

[@deveshaggarwal3499]

Not just any tunnel...

[@ericcricket4877]

It's not epic. It's a tube.

[@monkeyniples9985]

Another great product keep up the work Elon

[@triotomic2514]

Dont forgwt the full team

[@paname514]

What product? Using a 1951 technology used by rubber-tired métros? That is just a shameless technology steal.

[@eyurtese]

What do you think makes this a product exactly? I am confused by your statement.

[@Skunkwurx]

Another Turd. Just build a fucking underground highway.Its the same only bigger

[@theewz]

@@paname514 you mean like how tires used to be made of wood and are now rubber? Another "shamless technology steal"? Your idiocity is showing.

[@LunarPenguin42]

Ladies and gents! Let me present: The Subway, but shittier!

[@wlqpqpqlqmwnhssisjw6055]

first version is always shit

[@LunarPenguin42]

@@wlqpqpqlqmwnhssisjw6055 its not the execution thats shit. The core concept is shit

[@spektr4625]

Those are some *T H I C C* tunnels ain't gonna lie

[@Exige000]

Super fast through the tunnel but you have to wait for hours for your turn to get the lift.....and hope it doesn't break down at some point.

[@williamhuang8309]

PSA: I'm pretty sure they abandoned the idea of having the guidewheels. Also, that track looks insanely bumpy.

[@maskar521]

Congrats ! You invented the metro but inefficient

[@THEDEAFULTtSPACE]

Such a boring freaking company... ;) Keep up the work!!

[@paname514]

Take the rubber-tired métro, it's the same technology. Not really "freaking", it's almost 70 years old.

[@eyurtese]

@@paname514 rubber tyred metro inventor did one mistake. He did not put his invention on youtube to inflate the stock price :D I will be waiting to see these catching on fire like Teslas :D always fun to watch.

[@marcxdestroyer]

Thank you 🤘🏼

[@Kat-wq2rm]

@@paname514 Yet again, it is not a rubber tired metro it is very different, the whole It IS a 70 YEaR oLD TecHNolOGY point is fucking stupid. The telephone is maybe 200+ years old. Does that mean that the iPhone was JuSt A 70 YeAr OlD TeCHnOLogY WiTH A bRAnD nEW CoAt Of PaINt

[@hunterhill2581]

I like how they went with the harder, heavy metal sound on this one compared to the sleeker, richer urban vibes of the CGI renders

[@ziomster88]

Let's make something like this but for bigger vehicles, trains maybe. I think we can call it subway

[@user-iz2oj8dd6j]

Ever tried parking your car in a subway train? I heard it's quite tricky.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

What I wanna know is if something goes wrong how do you get out?

[@Cat-ct9hn]

Mit Whit Gaming How? You will need to get to an exit and the go upstairs, just like with regular tunnels.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@@Cat-ct9hn but there isn't enough space to open your car door.

[@keco185]

Mit Whit Gaming climb out the back or have your car towed I’d imagine

[@仲其宇]

@@mitwhitgaming7722 I'm thinking the same question. But it is just a prototype so it might be different later.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@@keco185 True, but in an emergency that may take a while. Like the next commenter said, its probably just a prototype.

[@davidt8546]

Great idea to help the super rich get from a to b without having to queue behind the plebs.

[@4run4v]

Note : Hyper loop wasn't harmed in this video...

[@OdesaMapper]

ПРОСТОООО идеальное метро для стран СНГ и не только! 😂😂😂

[@lindhe]

As an engineer, it took me way to long to realize why it is sufficient to have a trolley for the front wheels only.

[@nicknevis2348]

Why?

[@jjd3318]

My question is... If it takes 30 seconds to be lowered into the tunnel and 30 seconds for the lift to return to the surface, if there were 50 vehicles in rush hour trying to use this, wouldnt car number 50 be waiting 50 minutes, and also once inside, If there was a variant of 2mph difference in every other cars speed, wouldnt there be a jam at the tunnels exit?

[@AmbientMorality]

Yes. You would need either ramps or an impractical number of lifts. Speeds cannot vary inside the tunnel

[@johntheux9238]

The lifts will take 2 parking places so it's easy to make an high number of lifts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2a5kImwh9eGeKs

[@grassytramtracks]

And queues would also back up a long way through the tunnels

[@ИванШатурный-ш9р]

0:43, hire Germans, they know how to make a smooth road surface

[@Phoen1x883]

Seems acceptable for a shitty first prototype. The real question is how smooth they can make them in volume, once their employees know the machinery and know how to deal with problems underground.

[@dieabsolutegluckskuche5174]

Yeah, our road is awesome.

[@dannyish2006]

Musk I think you could improve this design; for example double rails..larger bore

[@lepidoptera9337]

Now all you have to do is build one yourself. Or you could go back to playing with your legos. ;-)

[@BayernFan05]

​@@lepidoptera9337 have you ever seen a metro?

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@BayernFan05 One built by you? No, not really. ;-)

[@BayernFan05]

@lepidoptera9337 it has been built though, hasn't it? the loop is not at all efficient. a metro line would be much more of a viable solution

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@BayernFan05 Metro lines are not efficient. The frequent stops are slowing trains down to a crawl. Have you ever been commuting an hour and a half on them (each way) ? I have. For years. I could have done the total distance in 25 minutes in a car. It's a total waste of millions of people's time. We were fortunate, though, because in my case there were exactly two people on the line that I was using, so we were only wasting two people's time. I believe the local transportation system was moving approx. 200 tons of steel vehicles over ten miles of tracks to get two people to work. They could have called a cab for the two of us just for the cost of energy alone. ;-)

[@maximlemieux783]

And in the same time you reload your battery 🔋 of tesla 👍🏻👌🏼 I’ve wait a long time to see that ... My father have a Tesla and I’m a French ...🇨🇦

[@redinterceptor8355]

This would put Disneyland out of business for sure

[@Rafa1589]

you invented a tunnel for cars? How innovative!

[@eannamcnamara9338]

It's like"just make a train".

[@jayswarrow1196]

Tesla's autopilot definately needs those steering boots in the narrow tunnel. Sensor system was worth the money spent. Also, i already see couple'o'titanic-level recipes of disaster in that system. Pretty effective tho, cleaning the world of homegrowns, and skip the burial process..

[@holyhell2156]

The LÖÖPS are awesome, i want to see more LÖÖPS in the future elon

[@adam03753]

How do you even get the car out? How about the cars behind them? What happens incase of an emergency? How about the emergency vehicles? How about fires and how does a large firetruck get inside? How about trucks with wider/taller dimensions? Exhaust fumes? Terrorism? etc etc etc.

[@escraftTH]

Go ask a person who works at a subway. They'd have the answers.

[@alengm]

You can't solve every possible issue before even getting started. The first cars weren't safe either.

[@Rokalno]

Elon never said that ICE vehicles will get into this tunnel network, so little chance for fire. Only utility vehicles, no trucks. Anyway, this tunnel is just a test. I am sure they have thought about every possibility

[@robbyleonard1092]

Adam C well I think fire trucks are gunna have to use regular roads for a few reasons

[@adolfodef]

You do not "get out" the car of the "rail" system. The car already has integrated on the two frontal wheels a two-side mini-wheels that uses the same electric powertrain (it retracts and hides under the "frunk"). Only electric cars with an autonomous system are allowed to enter this tunnels (because of the lack of smoke and the need for secure guidance that can comunicate with other cars and the elevator system). In case of an emergency, the "free space" inside the tunnel will be equiped with redundant lines of water and air inyection/extraction (depending on the nature of the emergency). Those tubes would likely be already filled and closed at intervals; so even if there is a "complete disruption", they will still have a small "reserve" that automated systems can deploy autonomously with their integrated Li/Ion batteries (small enough to still "do the job" with their limited resources while not creating an aditional danger). Emergency vehicles for fires will have to be adapted to this new standard [normal firetrucks will not be allowed anyways, since they HAVE to be electric on the first place, as the lack of oxigen will stop their engines]. Trucks and other "cargo transportation" will either go on "dedicated" bigger tunnels, or simply keep using the surface [the key with this project is making HUNDREDS of standarized tunnels for cars transporting people].

[@ASH7388]

now, does the cyber truck fit in the loop system tunnels?

[@tmerkury2813]

Great start!

[@krisninoorpatrianti8262]

This gives a new meaning to the word Boring

[@muhammadtaufiqmaulana4279]

Can't imagine how much trash in there when its came to Indonesia 🤣🤣🤣

[@Meteorknite]

That will be trash can here in india

[@baihakifebrian4168]

nah, imagine when its flooded lol

[@ind2100]

It's not going to be in poor places

[@johnmark3274]

Kids : dad I'm bored Dad: yes we are

[@GamePlay-tv9ju]

I feel uncomfortable looking at this.

[@Carsforlifenm]

Holy musk wtf its soo cool the first underground tunnel!

[@RohitchaharXD]

This Is A Real Underworld.

[@permoberg1201]

Wonder how many dlcs EA could make of this

[@trenrede]

ever nanometer: 100000000000000000000000000000000000 dollars or to select reverse: 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[@RealVectorSpeedrunner]

Reality: this tunnel isn’t available now

[@syamim9569]

yeah,because pandemic we need this system

[@arlostudios7314]

Exciting to see this ride.

[@hayatojp1249]

it doesnt look like it can solve traffic there will be thousands and thousands of cars i can see a long line of cars waiting in front of this tunnel

[@johntheux9238]

There will be plenty of access point because it takes only a parking space.

[@codemonkey2k5]

You lack vision sir. Do you think for even a second that Elon would throw money at a half thought out idea? He builds rockets! What ever problem you may see in his plan was dealt with long before they purchased the first tunneling machine. But hey don't take my word for it. Just sit back and wait. Reality is coming. You can either be a part of it, or it will run you over and leave you behind.

[@charliedoyle7824]

@@codemonkey2k5 If Elon "dealt with all the problems" long before he got his first tunneling machine, then why did he abandon the skate idea all of the sudden last week?

[@Annie1962]

His vision is more than one tunnel. The cars will not drive but instead will be driven and at very high speed, over 100 mph.

[@Evropaea]

It's a scam, nothing else

[@MelissaAndAlex]

i don;t get how this will ease congestion. it takes so long to get your vehicle into the loop

[@indiegamespotlite]

So is the car driving that, or is it getting pushed along by some sort of mechanism?

[@barrett2724]

cryptic vibes. It is on a trolley

[@freynolds]

The car is driving and pushing itself

[@indiegamespotlite]

getting conflicting info here...

[@JustinMurray170fin]

@@indiegamespotlite Both are incorrect; the car remains stationary and the tunnel moves.

[@Pikminiman]

Actual answer: The Tesla Model X in the demonstration is entirely propelling itself. The horizontal guide wheels only serve to ensure the car cannot accidentally turn or go off course while driving at high speed in the tunnel.

[@Tse33333]

It would be interesting to see hyperloop evolve into something practical for what we have planned in the future. With all the talk about going to Mars in the coming years and decades. Could hyperloop be used as an alternative method of propulsion in space? Have some sort of facility in space that uses hyperloop to get a craft up to high speeds and then somehow launch it directly towards mars. The vaccume of space would mean you wouldn't be drifting slowly towards the planet and I don't think any drag would cause deceleration. Any fuel needed to carry would only be needed to decelerate when the craft is close and then to land on the planet

[@ayoubaitidder6130]

It's pretty "boring" I think someone already made that joke lol

[@glenbartholomew1058]

Can you project video onto the wall of wide open spaces, under water scenes or SpaceX footage? People would pay for rides.

[@qualideecontnet]

Amazing idea and proof of concept, I'm excited to see this in the future

[@paname514]

1951 proof of concept: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHLaZqawg51ppsk In use in Paris and elsewhere since then.

[@BallMuncher555]

Not an amazing idea.

[@slavvy.mp4884]

Far far F A R from an amazing idea. In fact a 15 year old engineering student could come up with a better transportation system than elon

[@davidlisanjaya5871]

Imagine traffic in the tunnel. It'll be a loop. Tunnel is used to combat traffic, tunnel becomes source of traffic, people go back to roads, on and on and on.

[@minalmundoorkurup285]

The Boring Company I think this name has 2 meanings 1. digging 2.thats so boring ( boring work )

[@winterroadspokenword4681]

Oh god this one got my claustrophobia going

[@rydomo]

I wish I had the money to do this. I have always thought about this idea even as my high school project on how to beat traffic in LA. Keep up the great idea and push ELON. I wish to be working with one of your companies.

[@TheCorbinater123]

I did the same thing in high school too!

[@BallMuncher555]

Wanna know how to ACTUALLY beat traffic? Public transportation. Get less people to drive cars, so less traffic. Not some inefficient tunnels that require you to buy an expensive car in order to use.

[@jelly.212]

Stay in school you are too low iq

[@deathrel91027]

We can experience how hamster goes into the tunnels

[@zacksargent]

Prediction: stupid people will be stupid, but this time with *SPEED!*

[@PresidentialWinner]

Good thing stupid people won't be able to do anything.

[@Gortall]

Except that vehicles accessing the tunnels must be self-driven.

[@zacksargent]

@@Gortall I was more thinking of people sticking their arms out the windows and whatnot

[@Gortall]

I guess that when the first arm will be lost, they'll enforce that the car's computer closes the windows before entering. x)

[@johntheux9238]

Unfortunately technology don't improve IQ, you just need to see idiocraty to be sure of that.

[@leonidlgLeonid]

And what if i get sick in the middle of a tunnel, or my car caught fire? What is the difference with normal U-tube?

[@johntheux9238]

There will be plenty of access point.

[@QuantumBraced]

Wouldn't you need a million of those elevators to make this work?

[@johntheux9238]

Yeah but they will mass manufacture and assemble them in a factory and just put them in the hole and connect it to the tunnels.

[@cabc74]

@@johntheux9238 and they will need masses of land to extract one car per second from the tunnel in parallel. Ooopppssss, suddenly it starts to be more expensive that a regular subway system

[@johntheux9238]

@@cabc74 What? 2 tons 10 meters -> 196200 joules -> 0.0545 kwh -> 1 cent

[@AmbientMorality]

@@johntheux9238 Uh, electricity costs are not the major cost of the system.

[@johntheux9238]

@@AmbientMorality The cost of what? There is no system because it's the car that propel itself.

[@shloksharma8576]

Its all fun and games until you see a pair of headlamps up in the distance

[@PetrPechar1975]

What happens in case of fire?

[@paname514]

You burn. There should be some emergency exits in the real project, if it ever reaches that point beyond the prototype phase.

[@johntheux9238]

There is a lot of access point.

[@paname514]

In a dream, whereas in reality, it won't be the case. There will not be a lift and an exit for each building or every 500 metre as it would be much too expensive.

[@unitrader403]

@@paname514 from my understanding the plan is to have lifts on every city block.. or at least in walking distance of each other

[@johntheux9238]

@@paname514 He said that the lifts will be mass manufactured and assembled in a factory and they will just dig a hole, put it inside and connect it to the tunnel so it will be very easy to install.

[@nirbhay_raghav]

Just imagining when somebody has a flat tire in one of those.

[@kall111]

Поезда в метро теперь стоит 2000

[@Ashallmusica]

Imagine someone standing middle of that tunnel and a Tesla car just a mile away 😁

[@Ashallmusica]

@Durgesh Anand yeah if he don't have that( how will he even get a vacuum in that sealed tunnel)

[@devofauzanrahman6788]

Adding hyperspace visual inside the tunnel will be sick!

[@Exige000]

It will probably make people sick........

[@ٴ-ق1ت]

Just realized most of the commercials have to do something with TEELAS

[@Im_Derivative]

It would be so cool to contact a bunch of local artists from the areas to cover all the tunnels in murals. It would be an amazing way to show the artistic side of the cities as well, knowing you left one place into another because of the changes of style and depictions of what’s in the art. A nice cultural touch to the whole thing

[@pisstaker5552]

No it wouldn't. It would just be filled with junk art by people who think they can draw but can't. Would look like a migraine waiting to happen.

[@NM-ev7pu]

Dude that's even more stupid than the Hyperloop itself.

[@Im_Derivative]

@@NM-ev7pu They literally do this in airports and subways all over the world, it’s not a new idea lmao

[@Kamal-2803]

Nice job, but you should add some emergency doors

[@johntheux9238]

Just used the access point.

[@toyotaprius79]

Elon - if you're reading. How much do you think you can lower the investment and boring cost of a tunnel dug per mile? Cities like Dublin are desperately dying for Metros or any underground tunnel infrastructure. And we have to admit it, underground trains (rail or skate) are much more efficient than travelling cars underground one by one.

[@johntheux9238]

They said they already dig for 10 millions per mile with a conventional TBM so if they are 15 times faster it will be more like 600 000 per mile.

[@Sybaris_Rex]

@@johntheux9238 I can see this exploding into yet another game changer with Musk pulling something like he did with Tesla and open sourcing the patents for their 3rd gen tunnel boring machine once it is nearly production ready. It's crazy that a bunch of rocket scientists sat down and figured out how to revolutionize tunnel boring in just a few years time.

[@eyurtese]

@@Sybaris_Rex Did they? You know tunnel boring machines existed for long time right? Check wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine If you mean revolutionized by putting a track inside a tunnel... hmm that was done before.... no? OK the track was slightly different than normal tracks... I give them that... I am not exactly sure what they did other than founding a company, give public a cool sounding but unattainable target, raise stock price by marketing/twitter etc. I mean come on, all they came up is with tracks in a tunnel that car drives by aid of special equipment attached to front wheels? :D That is just funny...

[@eyurtese]

@@johntheux9238 The cost greatly depends on the terrain. Anybody can select a soft spot and say "look this is easy now" :D

[@eyurtese]

@toyotaprius79 it is not easy to tunnel safely or easily everywhere. You heard about burning Teslas right? You want tunnels made by same company? By the way, isn't there a tunnel project already for dublin? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetroLink_(Dublin)

[@DDELE7]

Adelaide O-Bahn guided track plus Tunnel + Tesla = Loop System by The Boring Company. I kinda like it.

[@yarik_is_in_the_game8810]

Подземка что б без пробок тип доехать?

[@Alvaren12]

ето тест

[@TheGrateful108]

Car elevators arn't needed. Simply use existing car garages in the city under buildings as entry/exit points by building extra ground floor for entering into tunells. Cars can travel from one garage to another through tunells at high speeds, freeing streets. Great idea. For higher speeds air should be pumped in the direction of traffic to reduce air friction. Besides little wheels reinforced bumpers should be added. In case of power loss other cars can always push it through from behind.

[@Sahil-uv6go]

Could have just built a functioning public transit metro system instead of this, which actually worked for thousands of other countries across the world.

[@CollinWhites]

Have y'all @boringcompany considered using the ULTRA white paint 🎨 that reflects 98% of light... It would reduce the need for lights in tunnels ...and make them safer in the event of a power outage

[@TheGallantDrake]

How does it feel making a less efficient subway? Man, you guys must love taking existing technology and making it worse!

[@R9A9V2]

Thats good looking drainage man..

[@ume3292]

what if that car breaks down

[@Meteorknite]

Tow

[@cxb2198]

والله مبدع يا ايلون ماسك

[@Dreoid]

y'all heard of a subway

[@starshipdriver8536]

I prefer chipotle.

[@sherbertlemons7393]

Ngl thought it’d be different , the concept videos made it look like you just drove onto a bed and that was the thing that moved and gathered speed not the car driving and the wheels just keeping it aligned

[@strider029]

Why do I have the feeling that this system is going to be exclusive to the elite?

[@parth2087]

you are absolutely wrong and kinda weird for thinking that...

[@earthvega9058]

Yes, please! No more roadkill, traffic accidents nor destruction of our environment!

[@niklas6744]

LÖÖP

[@megabyte112]

Sooo.. When is this gonna be in every country, city, and town?

[@paname514]

Add guiding wheels to any car and provided they have the right dimensions there are no less than 5 lines already in place in Paris, 4 in Montréal, 3 in Santiago, 3 in Lyon, 2 in Marseille, 12 in Mexico city and 1 in Lausanne. This is called rubber-tyred métro.

[@Kat-wq2rm]

@@paname514 No it really isn't a rubebr tyred metro, it is very different. It is a tunnel... for cars, simillar to a metro... but it isn't a metro. They are functionally completely different

[@karaiskos4407]

What if i wanna go to toilet?!?

[@DreyNv03]

Elon musk: man im bored.. lets create something.

[@oo0O08]

how will this be better than trains?

[@johntheux9238]

Way more access moints and you take your car with you.

[@johntheux9238]

There is also hyperloop that's 2-7 times faster than a train.

[@oo0O08]

​@@johntheux9238 Thats theoretical, how would there not be lines when those elevators only take one car at a time? And there's no way safely merging onto the 150mph main arteries won't require slowdowns. When I get the train, im within walking distance of my destination and I don't have to worry about parking.

[@paname514]

@ John theux Hyperloop still doesn't exist and is far from existing, besides, it is completely off topic here since the technology is not the same. By the way, there won't be more access points since so far is seems there would be much less access points than a well-designed métro.

[@johntheux9238]

@@oo0O08 Access point only take a parking place for maybe less than a minute while the average parking place is occupied for 3 houres so most of the time the places will be empty.

[@rhwlol]

im not a native english speaker so when i first heard of this company i litterally thought the company was calling itself boring