Learn how Elon Musk's "boring company" upgraded the Las Vegas super loop to 70 Tesla cars.

Learn how Elon Musk’s “boring company” upgraded the Las Vegas super loop to 70 Tesla cars. Videos from the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas on Thursday show how The Boring Company’s futuristic tunnel transportation system operated at full capacity in one of the first true tests for the system. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop increased its fleet to 70 Teslas for the CES event grinding the car’s speed down to about five miles per hour. Teslas in the tunnel can maintain a speed up to 40 miles per hour. The slowdown appeared to add just over a minute to a trip that was designed to take only about two minutes has been outspoken about how the tunnels can cut down on traffic jams in the past. The LVCC Loop one video appeared to show a minor traffic jam inside the tunnel. In the YouTube video that was posted by Texas resident Benjamin Brochstein ” Brochstein added. Spokespeople from The Boring Company and the Las Vegas Convention Authority did not respond to a request for comment from Insider. Though according to a report from Las Vegas Review-Journal. The event opened in July and is a three-station transport system with 1.7 miles of tunnels. While Brochstein’s video spurred concerns online regarding fire safety in the tunnel attributing the slowdown to a temporary closure of one of the exits in the three-station system. The video spawned thousands of comments on Reddit and Twitter turning a 45-minute walk into a 2-minute trip. While many users reported that the experience was seamless according to the company’s website. Passengers can also easily exit the vehicles and walk to emergency exits.

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