In the recent interview given to Tesla owners Silicon Valley, Steve Davis talked about the need for atleast 6 boring machines and maybe 8 boring machines to compete the project.
I don’t know how they are planning to use 8 machines for a 23 mile project. Would be curious if people have thoughts about it ?
Just found out that the Airport, Sahara & Fontainebleau are not included in the unlimited pass.
Does make sense as they’re all routes that require driving above ground so they’re doing it to cut down on above ground traffic.
Also interested to see if there’s a tier system for the single pass, at the moment the Airport route is $12 which is just less than triple the price of the usual $4.50, makes sense as it’s a further distance and will be popular when it opens I reckon.
- Tesla Model 3 battery and drive units
- Transports 22,000+ lb of concrete segments to the boring machine
- 28 miles of range
- 12 mph max operating speed
- Remotely piloted from Global OCC in Texas, with each pilot controlling/monitoring > 8 LTs in the field.
Fun fact: the same Liner Truck can carry standard freight containers through the tunnel.
This was another great interview from Steve Davis!
What’s very interesting is for Nashville they have all the permits so it’s all on TBC execution which is a great place to be as they can scale and iterate much faster without setbacks of permitting.
What are the most important goals for boring machines on mars? Here are the one’s I can come up with. How do you rank them? Are there other goals? What does Reddit think?