Miami mayor says Elon Musk will tunnel under the city for just $30 million

[Scholar]

 

[Wargames]

Elon Musk is basically the real life version of the Monorail salesman in the Simpsons.

He sold them an underground tunnel and some Teslas.


The only thing he has going for him is battery technology and PayPal. Which is pretty damn good but still he isn’t a genius like the media makes it seem.

 

[nyknick]

I remember Elon initially saying tunnels were supposed to transport passengers in a Tesla vehicle, which could carry 8-16 people, and vehicle would be on rails/skates. Then it turned into just a Model X on rails and then it ended up being just a regular Tesla driving on autopilot

When Elon had the first demo of the tunnel it was bumpy and had the press fearing for their lives.


To me it looks like most of the cost savings is due to tunnels being smaller and not some breakthrough digging technique/machining.

 

[ORDER_66]

is this it??!!? this is what the big thing supposed to be about???

 

[nyknick]

 

[Godless Socialist CEO]