Elon Musk posts video of 'electric sled' for tunnel travel

Elon Musk posts video of 'electric sled' for tunnel travel
Credit: Elon Musk

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Friday posted video on social media of what he describes as an electric sled speeding through a tunnel, a test of a system he envisions for 3-D networks of underground passages for speeding traffic under Los Angeles' congested roads.

He posted on Twitter and Instagram that such sleds could transport cars at 125 mph (200 kmh), with automatic switching from one tunnel to the next.

The video shows the sled, apparently riding a monorail, zipping through alternately dark and lighted sections of the tunnel. Musk warned that watching it may cause or seizures.

The founder of the SpaceX rocket and the Tesla electric car companies told a recent TED Talk his ideas for improving the speed and cost-effectiveness of boring.


Cutterhead in operation at standard industry speed. Planning to jack this up by a factor of ten or more.

A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on


© 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Citation: Elon Musk posts video of 'electric sled' for tunnel travel (2017, May 12) retrieved 28 March 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2017-05-elon-musk-video-electric-sled.html
This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only.

Explore further

Elon Musk teases future plans at TED talk

12 shares

Feedback to editors