Elon Musk reportedly wants to build his own hyperloop — tunnels and all
Elon Musk apparently has way too much time on his hands. On July 20th, the Tesla / SpaceX / Boring Company / OpenAI CEO tweeted that he had received “verbal [government] approval” to build a hyperloop between New York City and Washington, DC. Today, Bloomberg is reporting that Musk won’t just be digging the tunnel for the hyperloop, he also intends to build the entire ultrafast transit system himself.
In retrospect, all the signs were there that Musk would reverse his promise to stay clear of commercializing the idea he first proposed back in 2013. He always stayed interested in the hyperloop, hosting several student engineering contests and continuing to hold the trademark on “Hyperloop” through his company SpaceX. The website for the…
