Elon Musk Holds Pod Competition To Showcase Underground Tunnel Plan

AT A HOME IN MORENO VALLEY THIS
MORNING.
PETER: THE BRAINS BEHIND TESLA
SOLVE OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS?
ELON MUSK AND YOUNG INVENTORS
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO EASE SOME
OF THE GRIDLOCK.
HEY, LOS ANGELES, IF ELON
MUSK'S VISION IS FULFILLED,
WE'LL BE IN PODS POSSIBLY LIKE
THIS, SHOOTING THROUGH VACUUM
CHAMBERS LIKE THIS AT
70-MILES-AN-HOUR.
IS WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS
LIKE.
INSTEAD OF CRAWLING THROUGH
L.A. AT SPEEDS CONSIDERABLY
LOWER.
WE WANT TO BE THERE IN
LOS ANGELES RIGHT WITH HIM.
AND SO YOUR LOS ANGELES MTA IS
EXCITED TO PARTNER AND SEE WHAT
WE CAN DO.
WHO IS ELINE MUCK?
-- ELON MUSK, ENTREPRENEUR,
KREE CEO OF TESLA.
TWEET, TRAFFIC IS DRIVING ME
NUTS.
I'M JUST GOING TO START DIGGING.
THE BIG DIG HAS ALREADY BEGUN ON
SpaceX PROPERTY IN AWE THORNE.
I FINE IT EXCITING AND THAT'S
KEY TO A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY,
HYPER LOOP TUNNELS.
HE FINES THIS EXCITING AS
WELL.
ENGINEERING STUDENTS FROM AROUND
THE WORLD COMPETING TO BUILD THE
BEST, MOST EFFICIENT POD TO
CARRY PEOPLE QUICKLY FROM PLACE
TO PLACE.
1700 ENTRIES INITIALLY.
AFTER A YEAR OF DESIGNING,
BUILDING, AND PASSING MORE THAN
100 ENGINEERING TESTS, THE THREE
FINALISTS, PODS BUILT BY M.I.T.
AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE
NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY.
IT'S REALLY AMAZING, LIKE WE
ARE COMPETING WITH THE BEST
UNIVERSITIED IN WORLD.
HE SAID HIS TEAM FROM MUNICH
IS THE ONLY POD THAT HAS A COME
PRESSER CAPE E.R.A.ABLE OF
SUCKING LEFTOVER AIR OUT OF THE
TUBE IN HYPER LOOP.
NO AIR IN FRONT OF IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE THE TEST.
LIKE MOST HE IS AN
ENGINEERING STUDENT.
BEFORE THE SEND ANY PODS DOWN
THE LONG TUBE, THREE-QUARTERS OF
A MAIL THINK SEND A GUY ON HIS
BICYCLE THE LENGTH OF THE TUBE
TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO GARBAGE

Elon Musk Holds Pod Competition To Showcase Underground Tunnel Plan

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