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Taking a Spin Through the Boring Company’s Test Tunnel

People seem to love crapping on Elon Musk, but give the guy a break. The man started PayPal and Tesla, he’s launching and landing rockets, he figured out how to sell re-branded roofing torches as flamethrowers to the tune of $4 million, and now his Boring Company has completed their first test tunnel.

There are wrinkles to be ironed out, sure, but here’s what it’s like driving through the 1.14 mile tunnel:

I’m sure they can smooth out the bumpy ride, but two things I’m curious about:

1) What happens if a car breaks down in the tunnel? And,

2) Assuming the goal is for two-way traffic, would it be cheaper to make one larger tunnel, two parallel tunnels, or some funky dual-chamber tunnel shaped the way binocular vision is depicted in movies?