The Boring Company wants to connect your garage to its tunnels

The garage lift The Boring Company

The Boring Company (TBC) and its network of underground tunnels will not only carry pedestrians from different stations; he might one day bring cars and drivers straight into the system from their garages.

The Mercury News Wednesday reported that the city of Hawthorne, California, has given the Boring Company and its founder Elon Musk the green light to build an underground garage lift. The Boring Company has acquired a local house to build the elevator that will eventually be connected to the "loop", which the company calls its network of underground tunnels. The car will go down 45 feet under the ground before connecting to the buckle, but it is not clear if "sleds" or anything else will carry the car.

The tunnel of the boring company

The company's plan to include garage-based elevators follows Musk's announcement that the loop will prioritize pedestrians and cyclists over vehicles. Initially, Musk started the company with the goal of transporting cars via lifts on snowmobiles to reduce traffic in the cities. The idea has rapidly evolved to include shuttles that carry people, which, according to Musk, is more courteous and fair to those who do not own a car.

"If someone can not afford a car, he should go first, "said Musk last March.

The concept of the boring company

Regular stations will be as small as a parking spot where a shuttle or "skid" resides. Many stations can be located along the tunnel path. At each station, an elevator will descend to the loop and whip the runners. The garage elevators will lead to spurs that will connect to the main tunnel. We do not know where the cars will park.

We have not seen any shuttle tests yet, but a test tunnel 2 miles long, near the Los Angeles International Airport, is nearing completion. Musk said last May that he planned to offer free spins to the public to test the system. The Hawthorne-based home where the garage lift will be installed is near the test tunnel.

One day, TBC hopes that a series of tunnels running under Los Angeles will relieve traffic jams. The company has also received a green light from Chicago Infrastructure Trust to finance, build, operate and maintain a line connecting the downtown area to the international airport O. Hare.