Elon Musk Announces Unveiling of US Hyperloop Tunnel on December 10

The Elon Musk hyperloop high-speed transport system will be unveiled in Los Angeles early December with free test

"The first tunnel is almost complete," Musk told Twitter late Sunday night. "Opens Dec 10."

Responding to comments on Twitter, Musk says that there would be an opening event that night and "free walks for the public the next day".

Musk's project, "The Boring Company," was pushing the underground network as a futuristic concept that can dramatically speed up transportation in and between cities.

In another tweeted response, Musk stated that the test tunnel had a top speed of 155 km / h (250 km).

Technology evoked a vision that a trip between Los Angeles could take 30 minutes instead of five or six hours.

A hyperloop is a shuttle that travels on magnetic rails, much like a train, but circulates in a tube with little or no air. In theory, hyperlops could allow faster movements than the speed of sound.

In a presentation in Los Angeles in May, Musk said the vehicles could reach downtown Los Angeles International Airport in less than 10 minutes, the goal being to go back. achieve long-term goals. more than 300 miles at the hour.

Hyperloop is one of the companies that push Musk's envelope alongside SpaceX and Tesla Motors. Tesla shares have fallen more than 30% since Aug. 7, when he tweeted with sadness that he had funds to privatize Tesla.

He subsequently paid a $ 20 million fine after the US Securities and Exchange Commission charged the contractor.

Another visionary entrepreneur, Richard Branson, who, like Musk, is also involved in space travel, supports a Virgin Hyperloop One who is testing in Nevada and has opened a research center in the south of 'Spain.

And a Canadian company Transpod is working to start testing the system in France.

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