Elon Musk’s Boring Company staged a race between a Tesla in a tunnel and one on the road
The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling venture, staged a race recently between two Tesla vehicles: one on the road in normal traffic, and the other in the 1.14-mile tunnel that runs underneath SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. Suffice to say, it wasn’t much of a contest.
The tunnel Tesla was the clear victor, emerging out onto the road a full 3 minutes and 8 seconds before the one took surface streets. In fact, the car in the tunnel reached the finish line before the car in traffic even got passed the first red light.
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— The Boring Company (@boringcompany) May 24, 2019
Most notably, the Tesla in the tunnel hit a maximum speed of 127 mph. That’s significantly faster than what the...