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Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by Explorers(m): 6:18am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Elon Musk has been teasing his tunneling projectsince he first tweeted the idea during a frustratedrant aimed at LA's heavy traffic in December. Now, the first details of the radical project have been revealed. In an appearance at the TED conference in Vancouver, Musk showed off a new video of electric 'skates' transporting cars in a narrow tunnel under a city before raising them back to street level in a space as small as two parking spaces. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4456626/Elon-Musk-s-Boring-Company-transport-cars-skates.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4452784/Elon-Musk-s-Boring-company-reveal-tunneling-machine.html
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Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by MrBONE2(m): 6:23am On Apr 29, 2017 |
woow that is nice. |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by Explorers(m): 6:23am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Elon Musk may have dreamt up his latest world-changing technology while stuck in heavy traffic. In December he tweeted: 'Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging...'.'It shall be called ''The Boring Company',' he added. Musk even proposed a suggested slogan for the company: 'Boring, it's what we do. 'The idea might seem like a joke, but Musk ended his series of tweets with 'I am actually going to do this'. Inside the tunnels, Musk said cars could travel as fast as 200 kilometers per hour (roughly 130 MPH) according to Axois. 'You should be able to go from say Westwood to LAX in 5-6 minutes,' the Tesla and SpaceX founder said. He admitted he is spending only 2-3 percent on the tunnel effort, which was 'mainly interns'. He started the talk by admitting 'I ask myself that frequently' when asked why he was boring. Musk also said Tesla's Model 3 production should start in July and that Tesla cars should beable to go fully autonomously by the end of the year from LA to New York without a driver ever having to touch a control. However, he admitted drivers should probably still stay awake. Cars will use the system by simply driving into the designated parking areas, where they will be secured on an electric 'skate. 1 Like
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Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by Explorers(m): 6:25am On Apr 29, 2017 |
The skate will be lowered into a network of tunnels, transport the car under the city. Musk hopes to bore under major cities around the world. The 'skates' would work on electric tracks, reaching speeds of upto 130mph. Dozens of tunnels would allow commuters to simply bypass gridlocked traffic by travelling undergound.
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Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by ernesty20(m): 6:26am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Impoxicant |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by MrBONE2(m): 6:26am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Wish My KING @KiVuKi Land can have one.am speechless. |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by Explorers(m): 6:29am On Apr 29, 2017 |
The boring machine. 1,248 ton machine, 23-foot diameter. 1 Like
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Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by MrBONE2(m): 6:30am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Explorers:Seems this uses similar technology of Japanish trains. |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by MrBONE2(m): 6:35am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Explorers:I have seen similar boring machine in a documentary where they re used in boring rail tunnels which passes through under large cities and rivers in France |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by Explorers(m): 6:37am On Apr 29, 2017 |
The 'Boring Company' has begun digging, where the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) was first lowered to begin digging. Several cranes and excavator around the site help with removing rubble from the back of the boring machine. 1 Like
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Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by tk4rd: 8:44am On Apr 29, 2017 |
This one weak me.. Na Wooww.!! |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by Shiitposter: 9:04am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Can we even catch up with this guys? Because as of now, our youths are super busy attacking every move people make on twitter 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by Gosj01(m): 9:31am On Apr 29, 2017 |
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Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by Explorers(m): 10:07am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) are large, cylindrical pieces of drill-mining equipment used to excavate long tunnels. They can drill through a variety of materials including sand, earth andeven solid rock. Each machine is fronted by a 'cutterhead' a huge, circular metal face interspersed with sharp discs. The cutterhead is forced under immense pressure against soil or rock using a powerful hydraulics system to tear away at the material. The loose 'chips' that are created from this process fall into large 'bucket lips' which are openings in the cutterhead that feed the material through to an excavating conveyor belt. The conveyor belt extends backwards through the machine and takes the debris to a back-up area where it can be extracted to the surface. Soil and rock chips are captured and taken to an excavating conveyor belt which removes the debris from the site.
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Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by paschal47(m): 10:16am On Apr 29, 2017 |
it might sound unrealistic but that's how big business builders think These guys are light years ahead of us Nice innovation Musk 1 Like |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by AfroMighty(m): 11:26am On Apr 29, 2017 |
Explorer i trust you I propose explorer should be a whole section 3 Likes |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by donbrowser(m): 1:54pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Waoh! |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by samsung007(m): 2:06pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
wonderful........ digging a tunnel for electric skate is big step towards greater future... na only God know when we go get tunnel for naija tire self 1 Like |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by younggenius1(m): 2:50pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
AfroMighty:i support you 100% 1 Like |
Re: Electric Skate Will Transport Cars At 130MPH Underground To Beat L.A. Traffic. by younggenius1(m): 3:01pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
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