Elon Musk’s Boring Company is shuttling CES attendees around the Las Vegas venue, but a video of white Teslas cruising through the underground tunnels shows the ‘future of transport’ may not get rid of traffic jams after all.
The short clip was taken from the back seat of a Tesla as it drives through the Convention Center Loop and finds itself at a standstill behind several other vehicles.
Musk, however, has touted the underground tunnels as the answer to traffic jams, as the billionaire previously stated, ‘traffic is driving met nuts.’
In the video, posted by Benjamin Brochstein, who is at the conference, the driver explains that the congestion is likely due to the south hall - one of the three stations- being closed.
However, the traffic jam is not a good look for Musk's company that was solely started to put an end to traffic jams once and for all.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company is shuttling CES attendees around the Las Vegas venue, but a video of white Teslas cruising through the underground tunnels shows the ‘future of transport’ may not get rid of traffic jams after all
The convention loop was unveiled in April 2021, sitting 40 feet beneath the ground and costing $52.5 million to complete.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the Boring company in Las Vegas - it plans to construct a 29-mile-long tunnel system with 51 stations that runs from places like the hotel casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, the city’s new football stadium, the Las Vegas Convention Center and McCarran International Airport.
The Convention Center Loop's tunnel system is about 1.7 miles long with a total of 29 parking spaces spread throughout the three stations.
Drivers cannot cruise more than 40 miles per hour, but when Brochstein was stuck in traffic, the Tesla was only hitting four miles per hour - at the most.
The Vegas loop was unveiled in April 2021, sitting 40 feet beneath the ground and costing $52.5 million to complete
The underground tunnel system is about 1.7 miles long with a total of 29 parking spaces spread throughout the three stations
Not only does the south hall being close impact the traffic flow, but Boring is using 70 Tesla vehicles to cater to this year’s influx of attendees.
The company seems to have been preparing ahead, as this is the first time CES was held in person since 2020, and more than 50,000 people are said to be at the event.
However, maxing out the number of cars that can travel through the tunnel and closing one of the stations is a recipe for congestion.
Musk first unveiled plans for his Boring Company in 2016 on Twitter, saying ‘Traffic is driving me
