The Boring Company plans to hold an event Dec. 10 to showcase its first underground tunnel.
Elon Musk tweeted that free rides will be offered in the Hawthorne, Calif. tunnel, which stretches for two miles beyond the SpaceX parking lot. Musk said passengers could hit speeds as fast as 155 mph. Musk said in May that the tunnel under Los Angeles was “almost done” and pending regulatory approval would be offering free rides in “a few months.”
Musk’s grand plan is to build a network of connected tunnels for high-speed transportation to “solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic.” Tunnels would be accessible via station elevators built into city streets.
Musk said in may that The Boring Company will partner with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to build an underground transportation system called “Loop.” The system would consist of different levels and lanes and carry up to 16 passengers in pods that would travel at speeds up to 150 mph. Musk said passengers could go from downtown L.A. to Los Angeles International Airport in eight minutes. The tunnels are also expected to support Hyperloop technology, which would allow the pods to travel at speeds up to 700 mph.
In addition to the tunnel in California, the company is also working on an East Coast route and a tunnel to connect Chicago’s downtown with O’Hare Airport.