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I've never been to Las Vegas, but every video I've seen of the Boring tunnels is either underwhelming or just seems plain stupid. It looks like something Tesla
by sorenjan 3y ago
I've never been to Las Vegas, but every video I've seen of the Boring tunnels is either underwhelming or just seems plain stupid. It looks like something Tesla could use to get around their own campus as a fun PR stunt, not a city infrastructure project. It seems to have less capacity, be less safe, and more complicated than the alternatives. I don't even see any theoretical advantages, and the execution looks even worse. It's amazing that this got built in the first place, and now it's expanding?
And by the way, if Tesla cars can't be autonomous in purpose built tunnels built by a sister company, then why would anyone expect them to handle traffic on actual roads? I consider this to be negative PR for them.
- ryandvm 3y agoAgreed. Seems like an excellent PR deal for Tesla but beyond that, it's just silly. I'm completely lost on how Las Vegas compared modern subway systems with an underground version of that amusement park ride where they put you in a car on a track and somehow decided to go with the latter.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoIt's pretty easy to understand why Las Vegas approved the project -- it doesn't cost them anything. If somebody proposed building a subway at no cost to Las Vegas they would have approved that too.