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Elon Musk wants to build tunnels under LA

───   11:52 Sat, 29 Apr 2017

Elon Musk wants to build tunnels under LA | News Article
Elon Musk (TED)

Vancouver - Entrepreneur Elon Musk has outlined his vision for a tunnel network under Los Angeles and shown how it might work at TED2017 in Vancouver, Canada.


BBC reports that in a wide-ranging conversation with TED's head curator Chris Anderson, the founder of Tesla and Space X said that he was inspired to consider a tunnel system to alleviate congestion because he found being stuck in traffic "soul-destroying". 

He also showed off a concept video of how the multi-layered tunnel system might work. Cars would stop on a trolley-like device and the ground would open up to carry them below. Cars would then drive off the platform and another would get on to be returned above ground. 

Musk also told the TED conference he planned fully autonomous journeys across the US by the end of the year.

BBC



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