{"id":559227,"date":"2021-06-10T11:52:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T15:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559227"},"modified":"2021-06-10T11:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T15:52:03","slug":"teslas-in-tunnels-elon-musks-boring-loop-opens-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teslas-in-tunnels-elon-musks-boring-loop-opens-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Teslas In Tunnels\u2019: Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018Boring Loop\u2019 Opens In Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteslas-in-tunnels-elon-musks-boring-loop-opens-in-las-vegas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559227&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-959707856-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>After unveiling its first test tunnel in 2018, Elon Musk\u2019s tunnel company, the \u201cBoring Company,\u201d has opened its first fully operational underground \u201cLoop\u201d beneath the Las Vegas Contention Center. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those attending a convention at the Center are now able to take a ride, and there are already plans to extend the Loop from downtown Las Vegas, through the Strip, and toward both the Las Vegas airport and the Las Vegas Raiders stadium, in what Lori Nelson-Kraft from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/elon-musks-boring-loop-is-finally-transporting-passengers-in-las-vegas\/\"><span>described<\/span><\/a><span> as a \u201cgamechanger\u201d for transport in the world famous tourist destination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2018, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk \u201cofficially opened the highly anticipated first Boring Company test tunnel under SpaceX headquarters in the Southern California city of Hawthorne, where The Boring Company is also located,\u201d as reported by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/elon-musk-opens-first-boring-company-tunnel-under-spacex-hq-in-hawthorne\/\"><span>CNET<\/span><\/a><span> at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMeasuring 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometers) long and 14 feet (4.3 meters) wide, the test tunnel winds its way underneath Hawthorne and is estimated to have cost $10 million,\u201d reported CNET. \u201cThis, Boring notes, is a fraction of the cost of traditional tunneling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The tunnel existed \u201cas a research and development tunnel for Boring\u2019s aspirations of improving tunneling capabilities and creating new modes of public transport.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe concept is surprisingly simple,\u201d explained Claire Reilly of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/elon-musks-boring-loop-is-finally-transporting-passengers-in-las-vegas\/\"><span>CNET<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAvoid gridlock by taking traffic underground. Simplify the transport experience by putting high-tech vehicles (read: Teslas) on a one-way loop and delivering on-demand rides. Dig tunnels where once there was dirt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to The Boring Company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boringcompany.com\/loop\">website<\/a>, \u201cLoop is an all-electric, zero-emissions, high-speed underground public transportation system in which passengers are transported to their destination with no intermediate stops. Also known as \u2018Teslas in Tunnels!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The website explains that \u201cLoop is an express public transportation system that resembles an underground highway more than a subway system,\u201d with an efficient system whereby \u201cpassengers travel directly to their destination\u201d without having to stop at intermediate stations in a similar manner to subway systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLoop passenger capacity is a function of the quantity of tunnels, quantity of stations, the size of stations, and the quantity of operating vehicles,\u201d The Boring Company added. \u201cThe LVCC Loop system is designed for 4,400 passengers per hour (with 3 large stations), while Vegas Loop is targeting 51,000 passengers per hour (with 43 medium-sized stations).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to efficiency and convenience, The Boring Company went on to explain the safety benefits provided by such an underground system, and that \u201cWhen designed properly, tunnels are some of the safest places to be during an earthquake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFrom a structural safety standpoint, the tunnel moves uniformly with the ground, in contrast to how surface structures react to earthquakes. Additionally, a large amount of earthquake damage is caused by falling debris, which does not happen inside of tunnels,\u201d The Boring Company said. Such examples of tunnel safety included the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After unveiling its first test tunnel in 2018, Elon Musk\u2019s tunnel company, the \u201cBoring Company,\u201d has opened its first fully operational underground \u201cLoop\u201d beneath the Las Vegas Contention Center. 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