Elon Musk's Boring Company will transport cars on 'skates'

Elon Musk has been teasing his tunneling project since he first tweeted the idea during a frustrated rant aimed at LA's heavy traffic in December. Now, the first details of the radical project have been revealed. In an appearance at the TED conference in Vancouver, Musk showed off a new video of electric'skates' transporting cars in a narrow tunnel under a city before raising them back to street level in a space as small as two parking spaces. At the TED conference in Vancouver, Musk showed off a new video of electric'skates' transporting cars in a narrow tunnel under a city before raising them back to street level in a space as small as two parking spaces. Behind him a Tesla car can be seen on one of the'skates.