Watch Elon Musk’s Boring Company test its Tesla tunnel system in Las Vegas with members of the public – Business Insider India

The Boring Company began offering rides in Teslas through its tunnel system in Las Vegas this week.

Elon Musk's company provided the complimentary rides through the tunnels as a final test before the system officially debuts in June.

Videos and pictures of the event have popped up online as people shared their first experience riding through Musk's futuristic transportation system. It is the first true glimpse of The Boring Company's work in action with public passengers since the tunnels were opened to the press in April.

Advertisement

Overall, the experience is toned down from Musk's original vision, which involved autonomous vehicles that could be summoned via an app and rides through the tunnels at 150 miles per hour.

The tunnel system is meant to shuttle up to 4,400 passengers per hour, but documents obtained by TechCrunch in October show that the $52.5 million loop may only be able to accommodate 1,200 people due to fire regulations.

The Las Vegas Loop is one of many projects that Musk's company has been working on. The company has already expressed interest in building tunnels in several other major cities, including Miami and Fort Lauderdale. In February, Musk offered to build a tunnel under Miami for about $30 million, and the city's mayor told Insider in May that he expected initial planning paperwork to be ready in about three months.

Continued here:

Watch Elon Musk's Boring Company test its Tesla tunnel system in Las Vegas with members of the public - Business Insider India