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Elon Musk Demos Futuristic Car-Transporting Sled
By Tia Ghose, Senior Writer | May 14, 2017 08:56am ET
Instead of being stuck in traffic for hours on the I-5 in Los Angeles, inventor and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk wants everyone to hop in their car and then zoom on a sled at heart-pounding speed to their destination.
Musk posted a demo of one of these car-carrying electric sleds on his Instagram page. The idea is that these sleds would race through a network of subterranean tunnels at about 125 mph (200 km/h) before automatically switching from one tunnel to the next. [6 Ways Entrepreneur Elon Musk Is Changing the World]
"Would mean Santa Monica to Westwood in 5 minutes," Musk posted with the picture. The current travel time from Santa Monica to Westwood is about 20 minutes.
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