How Elon Musk's tunnel works
Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Elon Musk unveiled the first tunnel in what he hopes will become a network of underground highways. Gayle King got an inside look and rode through the Boring Company's test tunnel with Musk.
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Elon Musk, Gayle King test drive Boring tunnel
From electric cars to spacecraft, tech titan Elon Musk is widely known as an industry disrupter. Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Musk unveiled the very first tunnel in what he hopes will become a network of underground highways. The test tunnel runs between the headquarters of Musk's SpaceX company and a parking lot behind a shuttered business a little over a mile away. "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King takes a ride through the new tunnel and talks to Musk about what inspired him to build it.
A test drive in the tunnel Elon Musk hopes will solve L.A. traffic
At only 12 feet in diameter, "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King found it a bit more claustrophobic than most transportation tunnels
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Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Elon Musk unveiled the first tunnel in what he hopes will become a network of underground highways. Gayle King got an inside look and rode through the Boring Company's test tunnel with Musk.
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Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Elon Musk unveiled the first tunnel in what he hopes will become a network of underground highways. Gayle King got an inside look and rode through the Boring Company's test tunnel with Musk.
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