Similar but not the same. Subways stop at every station along a route. This system would take passengers all the way to the designated system station without stopping along the way cutting travel time dramatically compared to a subway. This system can in theory also respond to system demand very quickly avoiding large backups of waiting passengers at each station during peak times.
The RoboVan being used strictly in tunnels make a lot of sense. I doubt that it has any side-impact capabilities so there's no way it could be on the streets. My only concern is based on part of your video where you show a tunnel curving up towards the exits. Since the RoboVan is long, it's roof may yet make contact with the tunnel on similar sections. Same problem might apply for tunnels that have a significant curve. Nice video.
Dude.. First of all, a tunnel boring machine had to go through the same tunnel. Do you think that the a car is longer than that? second of all, the boring company tunnel in LV is a ridiculous failure by any measurable metric. It was dug out by a TBM that is not even designed for transport tunnels, which is why it's literally smaller than a Victorian era tunnel.
interesting fact the diameter on the boring Company tunnels are lager than, the london underground deep lines by about 4 inches london underground deep lines tunnels have a internal diameter of 11 feet, 8 inches (3.56m) boring Company tunnels have a internal diameter of 12 foot (3.8 m) so in the future if these cities wanted a underground they could fit trains in them. and it means that if some places wanted to build tube line undergrounds they could buy boring machines from or contract the boring Company to do it. by running trains they would have a here capacity so more people could us the lines.
@@Raz-Al-Raziz-e7g why would you put taxpayers into debt for 30 years paying for a traditional train with wait times measured in minutes when you could have the entire 68 mile 104 station Vegas Loop built at no cost to the taxpayer? As a bonus the Loop delivers sub 10-second wait times, direct point to point transit, stations at the front door of every major business in Vegas and comfy seats for all.
@@garethrobinson2275 yes, multi-billion dollar train lines that only have a few stations with a terrible “last mile problem” are the worst at bankrupting cities.
@@garethrobinson2275 It only bankrupt US cities because they are so spreadout, but yes those spreadout LA style cities are ahrd to use public transport with
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@@SSxSKULLIExSS yeah.. it makes sense to perfect the technique here then send thousands of these borers there to start construction on a large scale. Also, I heard that these boring machines fit the diameter of the starship perfectly!😉
@@frank254100 hmm, I hadn't heard that about it fitting within the rockets, but that certainly fits the technology advancement puzzle that we have. I know we're seeing huge advancements and I hope to see, at the very least, the beginning of the final results of the current technological advancements... Humans on the surface of Mars. I highly doubt the likelihood of that, but I do hope for that amazement.
Because no-one else worries about safety? These tunnels can be evacuated in both directions as the vehicles can go in reverse, in concert. There will be no crashes in the tunnels.
@@Critical-Thinker895 comedians have no idea. The Loop has been delivering over 32,000 passengers per day with wait times less than 10 seconds and comfy seats for all with satisfaction ratings off the charts. Nobody wants a slow, mega-expensive train in Vegas now.
@@redMaple_QC a 68-mile 104-station underground PRT transit network with sub-10 second wait times moving 90,000 passengers per hour being built at zero cost to taxpayers sounds pretty substantial to most people.
Ooooohh. Boring!! Like boring a tunnel. Oh my god I only just got that right this moment. I think the reason I didn't get it years ago was because of that not a flamethrower thing he made. Man, I feel so dumb I took so many years to get the joke.
@@foughtthelol not really a joke. The first base will be underground or in a cave (as Elon said) because you need to protect yourself from cosmic radiation or meteors that could destroy a glass dome and wipe out the whole colony. I think the plan is to send starship with starlink first, then land and dig tunnels from a mainbase and try to find a way to get water and also methane production going. Elon knew this and this is why he created "the boring company" and Tesla (no pollution transport).
Just like the hyperloop, this is a failure. The Vegas Loop is so sad. I hope its not the future. BTW anyone buying the clay coming out of the Boring machine??😂
If it is the fastest way to get somewhere it will be the most expensive. Regular folks will have to stay in bumper to bumper traffic while the well heeled will zip below the city.
You can't have high speed rail in a busy downtown! What on earth are you talking about? Brightline is building HSR from LA to LV - hopefully you can get off the Brightline and right onto the LV Loop!
Tesla has invented the novel discovery of a... get ready for it. A bus. Soon in their boring tunnels they will discover the novel technology of a series of cars linked together and call it a Tesla rain - Train
Considering the Loop delivers wait times measured in seconds, gives every passenger a comfy seat rather than standing packed in like sardines, provides much faster direct point-to-point transit rather than having to stop at every station on the line and has all 68 miles of tunnels and 104 stations being built for FREE saving taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, why would they want to build a train instead?
@@andrewfranklin7087 Oh... so roads but underground. What happens when a lot of people want to use it? What happens to wait times? Just 1 more lane bro.. it'll fix all traffic forever.
@@GoldenTV3 no problems when a lot of people want to use it. The single dual bore tunnel of the Convention Centre Loop is already handling crowds as large as 32,000 passengers per day, 4,500 per hour without breaking a sweat which is greater than the majority of light rail lines in the USA. But the 68 mile 104 station Vegas Loop that is currently being constructed is not just “one more lane”, it will be of the order of *40 more lanes and 104 stations* in the case of the Vegas Loop versus a single subway line for a *vastly* cheaper cost. And all of those lanes are dedicated fully grade-separated public transit lanes, not clogged up with private cars, trucks, pedestrians, motorbikes etc. If you have a look at the map of the 68 mile, 104-station Vegas Loop, you will see there is a grid of 9 parallel tunnel-pairs going North-South and 10+ parallel tunnel pairs going East-West across the length and breadth of Vegas. And *each* of these individual tunnels will potentially handle up to 4,000 EVs per hour carrying up to 16,000 passengers per hour or 30,000 people per hour per direction using higher capacity 20 passenger Robovans. Compare this to the single subway line that would typically serve a geography like the long Vegas Strip. And the stations! There’s over 20 Loop stations in just one square mile of the Vegas CBD where you would normally only have one or two subway stations in that distance. So each Loop station only needs to carry as little as 5% of the passengers as a subway station to move the same number of people through the system for every subway station per square mile. In addition since Loop EVs are departing down to every 3-6 seconds, the crowds just don't build up like a subway where people have to wait for an average of 10 minutes (US rail average headway).
@@GoldenTV3 no, the loop is not just “one more lane”, it will be of the order of *40 more lanes and 104 stations* in the case of the Vegas Loop versus a single subway line for a *vastly* cheaper cost. And all of those lanes are dedicated fully grade-separated public transit lanes, not clogged up with private cars, trucks, pedestrians, motorbikes etc. If you have a look at the map of the 68 mile, 104-station Vegas Loop, you will see there is a grid of 9 parallel tunnel-pairs going North-South and 10+ parallel tunnel pairs going East-West across the length and breadth of Vegas. Why would you want to lose the sub 10 second wait times, the high point-to-point speeds, the comfort, the high number of stations and extremely low cost of the Loop and go back to all the disadvantages of multi-billion dollar trains?
@@andrewfranklin7087 Great. Now that you've added 40 more lanes, now your destination is clogged up! And now that your destinations are clogged up, so are the lanes! Making them useless. I'm sorry but Elon isn't inventing anything novel here, all transportation inevitably ends back up to trains, busses, and trams
The Boring Company is expanding in Las Vegas, connecting the Convention Center to hotels and the airport. They're also building tunnels at Tesla's Austin Gigafactory and developing new boring machines. Plans for 2025 include autonomous vehicles in tunnels and potential use of Tesla's Robo Van.
I find all of Elon's projects exciting and interesting, but I don't really understand the math of this one. - Firstly, the tunnels look very narrow and easy to side swipe the walls. Or is the idea that the cars will be FSD when in the tunnel? - Are they to be public access roadways? So can any electric car use them? - What if a car breaks down in the tunnel, will all the cars and people behind it be trapped and will there be sufficient air? - What if a car breaks down and starts burning? In such a narrow tunnel, it would be lethal for every driver trapped behind the burning car. - So is the idea that instead of four lanes of traffic, there will be one lane underground? Won't the gains in lack of traffic lights be negated by the bottleneck of one lane?
I can answer a few of your questions: - It will only be possible to use the tunnel in FSD. - Any Tesla can use them, but only on FSD. - If a car breaks down, the cars behind will automatically be informed, and the FSD will begin reversing, to use another tunnel. There will definitely be enough air. There are millions of liters of air in such a tunnel. In regular tunnels there has to be venting, but only because of the toxic exhaust gas of gas cars. There is probably enough air for thousands of people for days in there. - If a car starts burning it's a dangerous situation just like in any other tunnel, luckily Tesla has about ten times less chance of burning than a gas car, so the risk is extremely low. - The idea is that instead of one big tunnel with more lanes The boring company makes a few narrow tunnels going the same direction. So you are able to move the same amount of traffic from A-B, but you have to remove much less ground to dig the tunnels. This means efficiency and they can be dug at a much faster pace.
@@robertreimers1710 wernt the vehicles supposed to be put on sleds while in the tunnel? I thought I remembered seeing something about that but at the same time like many people, I haven't been following the boring company too closely so I could be wrong.
@@robertreimers1710 Thanks. Some good input. Though, it may be less likely that a car burns, but if/when one does it will be far more dangerous in such a compact space. But I guess FSD will extricate them.
Yes, without a think atmosphere to block the radiation, mars and the moon will be hazzordous outdoors so some residents may spend thier entire time indoors
Tiny tunnels not more than 5 feet below the surface would be great for utility lines, such as Water, Gas, Electricity, and Fiber, but for cars, it's just a toy ride for tourists.
Elon wanted to make something completely different than what we were used to but also really wasn’t sure if many people would want it. He did say that if the demand for the Cybertruck was low then Tesla would produce a more conventional looking truck. After receiving over 2 million preorders the Cybertruck became the most hyped vehicle in history.
What we don't see in Vegas, but I hope we do see eventually, is a cybercab that leaves the tunnels and merges onto the public road system to deliver you to wherever you're going, even if it doesn't happen to be at one of the designated stops. If cities have Boring tunnels that cybercabs can dip into and out of whenever they need to take a shortcut, and no other traffic (apart from public transport) is allowed to use them, that will pretty much be the most efficient transportation system possible. Cybercabs will actually reduce street congestion, because many people will choose them over just taking their own cars. Ideally, they would only do on-surface driving in areas that aren't suffering from congestion. But mark my words: these things will eventually emerge from the tunnels and drive the passengers on the streets! That way, riders just load their luggage at the arrivals terminal and unload it in their driveway, with most of the ride being underground. That's an urbanism dream!
I guess it'll be possible for convention attendees to never really have to add spend anytime outdoors (apart from the when a station entrance is outdoors.
Can't live on the surface of other planets, but under the ground it wouldn't be a whole lot different then earth, but that's just part of the importance of the project. A great deal of the worlds most valuable resources are under our feet. Boring company has far reaching value above just building tunnels, even possibly military considering raw earth can work better then tank armor.
This concept never worked and will not work effectively in the foreseeable future. More musk money grab. Another project that does almost NONE of what was bragged about when he started marketing this version of 'vapourwear'. The expectation was enormous - the item delivered is a sham!
How many of musk's companies have you said the same thing? So, in as much as they've not fully delivered on what they bragged about, but saying it's not achievable in the foreseeable future is wrong on all grounds.
The end of democracy is here - billionaires don't give one rat's a$$ about you or me. I wonder how long it will take before Elon fan boys figure out they are being screwed?
@5347robo That's correct, but there are only 3 variants of the model y. It doesn't have anything distinctive or special. More models, not just affordable, would change tesla's goal: a compact car for the international market, but there are only 2 models doing that.
It's just so cool seeing how much this guy is doing. I don't see how Tesla doesn't rival companies like apple and Microsoft in market cap within a 5-10 year period.
Really hoping there's some way that the Boring Company can link up with the Brightline West train station that's being built on the other side of the airport. There are thousands of passengers that will be coming in from LA every day that are going to be going straight to the resorts and casinos when they get off the train. That would be great to be able to take a robovan from the station straight to whichever hotel they're staying at.
All things point to Mars.
And boring will be 100% robotic, unmanned.
Boring Tunnel + Robovan = subway system
Dirt cheap too.
Similar but not the same. Subways stop at every station along a route. This system would take passengers all the way to the designated system station without stopping along the way cutting travel time dramatically compared to a subway. This system can in theory also respond to system demand very quickly avoiding large backups of waiting passengers at each station during peak times.
@ meaningless difference: if you made intermediate stations, whether subterranean or otherwise, then they would effectively be equal.
@@alesh2275No the robovan takes an off ramp without effecting vehicles behind it
A worse subway system than an actual subway.
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The RoboVan being used strictly in tunnels make a lot of sense. I doubt that it has any side-impact capabilities so there's no way it could be on the streets. My only concern is based on part of your video where you show a tunnel curving up towards the exits. Since the RoboVan is long, it's roof may yet make contact with the tunnel on similar sections. Same problem might apply for tunnels that have a significant curve. Nice video.
Why wouldn't it have side impact capabilities?
Dude.. First of all, a tunnel boring machine had to go through the same tunnel. Do you think that the a car is longer than that?
second of all, the boring company tunnel in LV is a ridiculous failure by any measurable metric. It was dug out by a TBM that is not even designed for transport tunnels, which is why it's literally smaller than a Victorian era tunnel.
@pablomax9376 In this case, size isn't everything. Cost, however, is.
That video wasn't boring at all. Thanks.
Lab grown diamonds will help boring machines reach their full potential
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interesting fact the diameter on the boring Company tunnels are lager than, the london underground deep lines by about 4 inches
london underground deep lines tunnels have a internal diameter of 11 feet, 8 inches (3.56m)
boring Company tunnels have a internal diameter of 12 foot (3.8 m)
so in the future if these cities wanted a underground they could fit trains in them. and it means that if some places wanted to build tube line undergrounds they could buy boring machines from or contract the boring Company to do it.
by running trains they would have a here capacity so more people could us the lines.
Please put a hyperloop between Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston
This is like how the remade cable on Amazon with commercial breaks , like just build a subway like every other normal nation on this planet 😂
@@Raz-Al-Raziz-e7g why would you put taxpayers into debt for 30 years paying for a traditional train with wait times measured in minutes when you could have the entire 68 mile 104 station Vegas Loop built at no cost to the taxpayer?
As a bonus the Loop delivers sub 10-second wait times, direct point to point transit, stations at the front door of every major business in Vegas and comfy seats for all.
The wonders of transport that doesn't begin where you are, or go where you're going to, and bankrupts your city.
@@garethrobinson2275 yes, multi-billion dollar train lines that only have a few stations with a terrible “last mile problem” are the worst at bankrupting cities.
@@garethrobinson2275 It only bankrupt US cities because they are so spreadout, but yes those spreadout LA style cities are ahrd to use public transport with
"The cybercab may have or not have a person in the driver seat".
What is even this sentence? There are no driver seat there.
Excellent video!! Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you for sharing this video
The door of the Robovan could have a lifting portion to assist in access to the van when it is not in a tunnel
7:35
A train?
The american mind cannot comprehend the Idea of good public transit. WHERES MY FREEDOM WITH A TRAIN, WHEN I CAN DRIVE MY CAR TO ANYWHERE I WANT 🦅RAAAAH🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
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Someone, "send this video to Tunderf00t"?
That guy who says Musk will be bankrupt in 3 years?
@happytrails151 He's been saying that for so long, even he doesn't believe his own BS. It's entertainment for the dinosaurs.
Great research.
I wonder if they have any plans for underground "buildings" or cities. Kind of like an Umbrella Corp. "hive".
Mars us the end goal for this ..
@frank254100 so basically... yes, and it would make sense to practice the building technique by actually doing it here on earth.
@@SSxSKULLIExSS yeah.. it makes sense to perfect the technique here then send thousands of these borers there to start construction on a large scale. Also, I heard that these boring machines fit the diameter of the starship perfectly!😉
@@frank254100 hmm, I hadn't heard that about it fitting within the rockets, but that certainly fits the technology advancement puzzle that we have. I know we're seeing huge advancements and I hope to see, at the very least, the beginning of the final results of the current technological advancements... Humans on the surface of Mars. I highly doubt the likelihood of that, but I do hope for that amazement.
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Elon Musk is a genius, he invented tunnels.
When this is the main transport system on mars I bet you'll still be...
Its got to be cheaper than underground trains to have all year. Round regardless of the human traffic 🤔✌️
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How do tunnels cope during earthquakes?
I bet people will be tired after watching this video lol
Smoke safety i am only worried about.
Because no-one else worries about safety? These tunnels can be evacuated in both directions as the vehicles can go in reverse, in concert. There will be no crashes in the tunnels.
That’s literally the iRobot bus thing
I wanna see some iRobot highways underground
I suppose robovan will be used in these tunnels.
Robovan in a tunnel is still a worse service than an automatic train.
What's the obsession with space and tunnels and bunkers? What are 'they' hiding from?
Elmo doesn't understand space efficiency
So could robovans and optimus be hacked to take out cops who don't trust them?
You have to drink a lot of Kool Aid to think that the Boring company will do anything substantial.
This is the guy who just said the convention center loop is going strong. In reality, it's been the butt of every comedian in the business.
Ok i really enjoy Kool Aid so that is no problem.
The real goal is for Mars transport infrastructure!
@@Critical-Thinker895 comedians have no idea. The Loop has been delivering over 32,000 passengers per day with wait times less than 10 seconds and comfy seats for all with satisfaction ratings off the charts.
Nobody wants a slow, mega-expensive train in Vegas now.
@@redMaple_QC a 68-mile 104-station underground PRT transit network with sub-10 second wait times moving 90,000 passengers per hour being built at zero cost to taxpayers sounds pretty substantial to most people.
Man, what if you could hook a couple of those cars together to really pack it in. Maybe put them on rails to make it even more efficient?
Oh wait...
There are some key differences that make all the difference, but you might not see them.
Like the number of people moved per hour by dollar invested?
Unfortunately, out of sight out of mind. Since they can't be seen and media coverage is non-existent they do not get much credit, Yet that is. Cheers
Ooooohh. Boring!! Like boring a tunnel. Oh my god I only just got that right this moment. I think the reason I didn't get it years ago was because of that not a flamethrower thing he made. Man, I feel so dumb I took so many years to get the joke.
You mentioned Elon twice in a few seconds. What a way to stop listening to tech.
A boring system will be highly useful to establish a colony on mars
A fine joke.
@@foughtthelol not really a joke. The first base will be underground or in a cave (as Elon said) because you need to protect yourself from cosmic radiation or meteors that could destroy a glass dome and wipe out the whole colony.
I think the plan is to send starship with starlink first, then land and dig tunnels from a mainbase and try to find a way to get water and also methane production going. Elon knew this and this is why he created "the boring company" and Tesla (no pollution transport).
@@foughtthelol This is also part of Musk's grand plan, so definitely not a joke
@@DreaMeRHoLic Yall go live on a dead planet. I'm going to go sun on the beach!
3:51 gotta love the celebration of open corruption and conflicts of interest!
So this isn't the Tesla Space Channel, it's the Elon Fanboy channel.
And do you have a problem with that? You don't appreciate the progress made by the boring company?
@@basilihuoma5300Just another hater. They have no effect on actual progress.
@@basilihuoma5300Promises aren’t progress.
Tesla vehicles are used in those tunnels duh ?
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Just like the hyperloop, this is a failure. The Vegas Loop is so sad. I hope its not the future. BTW anyone buying the clay coming out of the Boring machine??😂
The BORING Company in the far future
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If it is the fastest way to get somewhere it will be the most expensive. Regular folks will have to stay in bumper to bumper traffic while the well heeled will zip below the city.
Good. It will reduce traffic.
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He'd better get back from DC and focus on business
Out of sight...out of mind..what can be transported is not always nice.
Why do people want this instead of high speed rail? The USA is a complete joke, how do you people keep falling for this con ??
Mars!!!
You can't have high speed rail in a busy downtown! What on earth are you talking about? Brightline is building HSR from LA to LV - hopefully you can get off the Brightline and right onto the LV Loop!
Tesla has invented the novel discovery of a... get ready for it. A bus.
Soon in their boring tunnels they will discover the novel technology of a series of cars linked together and call it a Tesla rain - Train
Considering the Loop delivers wait times measured in seconds, gives every passenger a comfy seat rather than standing packed in like sardines, provides much faster direct point-to-point transit rather than having to stop at every station on the line and has all 68 miles of tunnels and 104 stations being built for FREE saving taxpayers tens of billions of dollars, why would they want to build a train instead?
@@andrewfranklin7087 Oh... so roads but underground. What happens when a lot of people want to use it?
What happens to wait times?
Just 1 more lane bro.. it'll fix all traffic forever.
@@GoldenTV3 no problems when a lot of people want to use it. The single dual bore tunnel of the Convention Centre Loop is already handling crowds as large as 32,000 passengers per day, 4,500 per hour without breaking a sweat which is greater than the majority of light rail lines in the USA.
But the 68 mile 104 station Vegas Loop that is currently being constructed is not just “one more lane”, it will be of the order of *40 more lanes and 104 stations* in the case of the Vegas Loop versus a single subway line for a *vastly* cheaper cost. And all of those lanes are dedicated fully grade-separated public transit lanes, not clogged up with private cars, trucks, pedestrians, motorbikes etc.
If you have a look at the map of the 68 mile, 104-station Vegas Loop, you will see there is a grid of 9 parallel tunnel-pairs going North-South and 10+ parallel tunnel pairs going East-West across the length and breadth of Vegas.
And *each* of these individual tunnels will potentially handle up to 4,000 EVs per hour carrying up to 16,000 passengers per hour or 30,000 people per hour per direction using higher capacity 20 passenger Robovans.
Compare this to the single subway line that would typically serve a geography like the long Vegas Strip.
And the stations! There’s over 20 Loop stations in just one square mile of the Vegas CBD where you would normally only have one or two subway stations in that distance.
So each Loop station only needs to carry as little as 5% of the passengers as a subway station to move the same number of people through the system for every subway station per square mile.
In addition since Loop EVs are departing down to every 3-6 seconds, the crowds just don't build up like a subway where people have to wait for an average of 10 minutes (US rail average headway).
@@GoldenTV3 no, the loop is not just “one more lane”, it will be of the order of *40 more lanes and 104 stations* in the case of the Vegas Loop versus a single subway line for a *vastly* cheaper cost. And all of those lanes are dedicated fully grade-separated public transit lanes, not clogged up with private cars, trucks, pedestrians, motorbikes etc.
If you have a look at the map of the 68 mile, 104-station Vegas Loop, you will see there is a grid of 9 parallel tunnel-pairs going North-South and 10+ parallel tunnel pairs going East-West across the length and breadth of Vegas.
Why would you want to lose the sub 10 second wait times, the high point-to-point speeds, the comfort, the high number of stations and extremely low cost of the Loop and go back to all the disadvantages of multi-billion dollar trains?
@@andrewfranklin7087 Great. Now that you've added 40 more lanes, now your destination is clogged up!
And now that your destinations are clogged up, so are the lanes! Making them useless.
I'm sorry but Elon isn't inventing anything novel here, all transportation inevitably ends back up to trains, busses, and trams
The Boring Company is expanding in Las Vegas, connecting the Convention Center to hotels and the airport. They're also building tunnels at Tesla's Austin Gigafactory and developing new boring machines. Plans for 2025 include autonomous vehicles in tunnels and potential use of Tesla's Robo Van.
Cool. We watched the video too :p
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i think you have color blindness, my dude.
i`m gonna sue if they dig below my lot
I find all of Elon's projects exciting and interesting, but I don't really understand the math of this one.
- Firstly, the tunnels look very narrow and easy to side swipe the walls. Or is the idea that the cars will be FSD when in the tunnel?
- Are they to be public access roadways? So can any electric car use them?
- What if a car breaks down in the tunnel, will all the cars and people behind it be trapped and will there be sufficient air?
- What if a car breaks down and starts burning? In such a narrow tunnel, it would be lethal for every driver trapped behind the burning car.
- So is the idea that instead of four lanes of traffic, there will be one lane underground? Won't the gains in lack of traffic lights be negated by the bottleneck of one lane?
This and starlink aber probably the Most obvously rtrd companys, where Basic math allready shows that there is now way to make it Work.
I can answer a few of your questions:
- It will only be possible to use the tunnel in FSD.
- Any Tesla can use them, but only on FSD.
- If a car breaks down, the cars behind will automatically be informed, and the FSD will begin reversing, to use another tunnel.
There will definitely be enough air. There are millions of liters of air in such a tunnel. In regular tunnels there has to be venting, but only because of the toxic exhaust gas of gas cars. There is probably enough air for thousands of people for days in there.
- If a car starts burning it's a dangerous situation just like in any other tunnel, luckily Tesla has about ten times less chance of burning than a gas car, so the risk is extremely low.
- The idea is that instead of one big tunnel with more lanes The boring company makes a few narrow tunnels going the same direction. So you are able to move the same amount of traffic from A-B, but you have to remove much less ground to dig the tunnels. This means efficiency and they can be dug at a much faster pace.
@@robertreimers1710 wernt the vehicles supposed to be put on sleds while in the tunnel? I thought I remembered seeing something about that but at the same time like many people, I haven't been following the boring company too closely so I could be wrong.
@@robertreimers1710 Thanks. Some good input.
Though, it may be less likely that a car burns, but if/when one does it will be far more dangerous in such a compact space.
But I guess FSD will extricate them.
@@j1o2n3a4s5k6 Starlink is printing money hand over fist. It's a huge financial success and only growing bigger.
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I don't see how these tunnels would be useful. Maybe they're intended for Musks mars colony?
Yes, without a think atmosphere to block the radiation, mars and the moon will be hazzordous outdoors so some residents may spend thier entire time indoors
They are obviously useful or they wouldn't be doing this
@@travisjazzbo3490 Could be a technology demonstration
Tiny tunnels not more than 5 feet below the surface would be great for utility lines, such as Water, Gas, Electricity, and Fiber, but for cars, it's just a toy ride for tourists.
Thanks for the update!
I’m excited for a Boring future!
that was boring.
Well his truck sucks so I guess he's giving up making decent cars😅
Elon wanted to make something completely different than what we were used to but also really wasn’t sure if many people would want it. He did say that if the demand for the Cybertruck was low then Tesla would produce a more conventional looking truck. After receiving over 2 million preorders the Cybertruck became the most hyped vehicle in history.
@@alanrvaughan Here's a wonderful thoughtful response 👏. Love it.
What we don't see in Vegas, but I hope we do see eventually, is a cybercab that leaves the tunnels and merges onto the public road system to deliver you to wherever you're going, even if it doesn't happen to be at one of the designated stops. If cities have Boring tunnels that cybercabs can dip into and out of whenever they need to take a shortcut, and no other traffic (apart from public transport) is allowed to use them, that will pretty much be the most efficient transportation system possible. Cybercabs will actually reduce street congestion, because many people will choose them over just taking their own cars. Ideally, they would only do on-surface driving in areas that aren't suffering from congestion. But mark my words: these things will eventually emerge from the tunnels and drive the passengers on the streets! That way, riders just load their luggage at the arrivals terminal and unload it in their driveway, with most of the ride being underground. That's an urbanism dream!
So boring this video but hey we love the boring company its just so boring
3rd 😂
how BORING..... :P
More like the exciting company, am i right? 😆 i hate myself now
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I guess it'll be possible for convention attendees to never really have to add spend anytime outdoors (apart from the when a station entrance is outdoors.
you have to go outside to get to the strip clubs and hotels to bang hookers
didn't know you had more channels
Can't live on the surface of other planets, but under the ground it wouldn't be a whole lot different then earth, but that's just part of the importance of the project. A great deal of the worlds most valuable resources are under our feet. Boring company has far reaching value above just building tunnels, even possibly military considering raw earth can work better then tank armor.
This concept never worked and will not work effectively in the foreseeable future. More musk money grab.
Another project that does almost NONE of what was bragged about when he started marketing this version of 'vapourwear'. The expectation was enormous - the item delivered is a sham!
How many of musk's companies have you said the same thing? So, in as much as they've not fully delivered on what they bragged about, but saying it's not achievable in the foreseeable future is wrong on all grounds.
3D space for traffic not in the air, this is the way
This needs to be fully automated, guided, or on rails, if there is no road connection (does start to sound like a train then though).
You mean president musk
Why call him that?
@ everyone is basically saying that he is make the decision not president trip with him be elected
The end of democracy is here - billionaires don't give one rat's a$$ about you or me. I wonder how long it will take before Elon fan boys figure out they are being screwed?
Trump went from Hitler to puppet really fast According to democrats!!😂
@@frank254100they make up anything to fit their narrative 😅😂.
What tesla needs is more variety of options, including cars and personalization
Thy sell the best selling car in the world.
@5347robo That's correct, but there are only 3 variants of the model y. It doesn't have anything distinctive or special. More models, not just affordable, would change tesla's goal: a compact car for the international market, but there are only 2 models doing that.
A tunnel from Southampton to the Isle of Wight would be a good demonstration of this technology.
But the speed is still awfully slow 😢 1 km per day will impress me.
be nice if they just made cyber trains for the tunnels in vegas.. far morre practical
It's just so cool seeing how much this guy is doing. I don't see how Tesla doesn't rival companies like apple and Microsoft in market cap within a 5-10 year period.
Really hoping there's some way that the Boring Company can link up with the Brightline West train station that's being built on the other side of the airport. There are thousands of passengers that will be coming in from LA every day that are going to be going straight to the resorts and casinos when they get off the train. That would be great to be able to take a robovan from the station straight to whichever hotel they're staying at.
You answered the questions that Grok couldn’t or wouldn’t for me a few days ago. Thanks!
I love the names: boring machines making boring tunnels
Good to see progress still being made on this project. Hopefully it will still beat Gary the Snail's offspring one-day...
in 5-10 years Robovan will be delivering people all throughout the Vegas tunnels.... Its going to be wild times..
That Vegas amusement ride, is embarrassing 😂😂😂
Thanks. Please keep updates coming.