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Elon Musk's Boring Company gets preliminary permit for NYC-DC Hyperloop
Posted on 2/19/18 at 9:48 am
Posted on 2/19/18 at 9:48 am
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A 29-minute trip from D.C. to New York may seem too good to be true. And it very well may be. But that isn’t stopping Elon Musk from pushing forward with plans to build a Hyperloop along the eastern corridor.
And while it’s a very small, very vague step forward, Musk’s Boring Company has received a permit for preparation and preliminary excavation of a site in the nation’s capital. The exact location is 53 New York Avenue NE, next to a McDonald’s and near the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to the Washington Post.
In July, Elon Musk tweeted that he had received verbal government approval to build a multi-state underground Hyperloop on the East coast. While such approval doesn’t formally exist, Bloomberg confirmed that the White House had had positive conversations with The Boring Company over the proposed tunnel.
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This latest permit is far from what’s required to actually begin building the tunnel — which would run from New York to Philadelphia to Baltimore to D.C. — but it’s a start. Musk recently received a conditional permit to start operations in Hawthorne Maryland for a 10.3 mile route. Maryland officials told WaPo that the tunnel would run under Maryland Route 295, with the D.C.-Baltimore leg being built first.
Stations for the Hyperloop would be relatively small and toned down compared to the stations we’re used to such as Union Station and Penn Station. There would be a main line running between the four aforementioned cities, with smaller lines spurring out from the city’s central station for other potential destinations.
Right now, the trip from NY to D.C. takes over three hours. It would certainly be nice to pop down for a meeting with just an hour of travel time, but this first permit is comparable to an athlete stretching before a race. We have not yet begun.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 9:50 am to Fun Bunch
He'll set the target date for 2020, it'll be done in 2045.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 9:54 am to Fun Bunch
I'd let the exciting company do it instead
Posted on 2/19/18 at 9:57 am to Fun Bunch
Anyone think the government is going to have him build a few secret tunnels? An out of public view transportation network between DC/NY that the feds controlled access to seems like something they'd want.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 9:59 am to Fun Bunch
While a tunnel is visually more ideal, that would skyrocket the costs. You can't even build a 500 foot tunnel without running into problems.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:00 am to TigerinATL
Fleecing the taxpayer once again.
When are people going to realize this guy is a con man?
Tesla sucks and Musk routinely screws owners on warranties.
His autonomous cars kill people but he won't take them off the road.
He's a climate retard.
He supported Hillary.
Tech for SpaceX is over 50 years old and paid for by our tax dollars during Apollo.
Putting a car in space was nothing but fraud, waste, and abuse.
Dude is a con man.
When are people going to realize this guy is a con man?
Tesla sucks and Musk routinely screws owners on warranties.
His autonomous cars kill people but he won't take them off the road.
He's a climate retard.
He supported Hillary.
Tech for SpaceX is over 50 years old and paid for by our tax dollars during Apollo.
Putting a car in space was nothing but fraud, waste, and abuse.
Dude is a con man.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:02 am to Fun Bunch
Are environmentalists ok with this? Will it destroy the habitat of endangered moles or worms? Might it endanger safe drinking water? Its definitely going to destroy habitat. Going to cause a lot of CO2 emissions during construction thus increasing global warming trends?
But pipelines are baaaad mmmmkay
But pipelines are baaaad mmmmkay
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:02 am to Fun Bunch
Compared to his other companies, that work sounds boring.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:03 am to starsandstripes
I think he’s an old school innovator in the mold of Howard Hughes.
Genius wrapped in megalomania with an eye towards the what rather than the how.
I won’t be investing that’s for sure.
Genius wrapped in megalomania with an eye towards the what rather than the how.
I won’t be investing that’s for sure.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:04 am to Fun Bunch
Next do Houston to Nola.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:05 am to Breesus
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Next do Houston to Nola.
That would be sooooo tight
This post was edited on 2/19/18 at 10:06 am
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:05 am to tide06
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eye towards the what rather than the how.
Yeah he'll never put out a successful electric car or launch a rocket or catch that rocket after launch.......
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:06 am to Breesus
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Next do Houston to Nola.
Any hyperloop that ends/starts in Houston isn't going to NO on it's first connection unfortunately for you.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:08 am to Fun Bunch
O/U government welfare posts is set at 10
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:10 am to Breesus
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eye towards the what rather than the how.
Yeah he'll never put out a successful electric car or launch a rocket or catch that rocket after launch.......
For real
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:12 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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Any hyperloop that ends/starts in Houston isn't going to NO on it's first connection unfortunately for you.
Nola will be extremely far down on the list of cities that will get a Hyperloop connection. It'll happen eventually because the city/state will give them some sweetheart deals for Tourism purposes.
But your initial lines will almost certainly be:
NYC-Philly-DC-Baltimore
Chicago-Cleveland(Milwaukee-Detroit?)
LA-SF(LA-Vegas)
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:13 am to starsandstripes
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Fleecing the taxpayer once again.
When are people going to realize this guy is a con man?
Tesla sucks and Musk routinely screws owners on warranties.
His autonomous cars kill people but he won't take them off the road.
He's a climate retard.
He supported Hillary.
Tech for SpaceX is over 50 years old and paid for by our tax dollars during Apollo.
Putting a car in space was nothing but fraud, waste, and abuse.
Dude is a con man.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:16 am to Teddy Ruxpin
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While a tunnel is visually more ideal, that would skyrocket the costs. You can't even build a 500 foot tunnel without running into problems.
Yeah. Musk is allegedly spending a tremendous amount on tunneling technology and developing tunnelers that can do the work faster and cheaper, while other companies are working on the actual Hyperloop technology.
We will see.
Posted on 2/19/18 at 10:17 am to Fun Bunch
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Nola will be extremely far down on the list of cities that will get a Hyperloop connection.
Underground tunnels in South La, what can possibly go wrong
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