On January 8, at the recent CES 2022 International Consumer Electronics Show, Musk showed off the LVCC Loop Underground Tunnel, a congestion-free highway developed by his "Boring Company". The company is committed to moving roads from above ground to below to solve traffic problems, claiming that the speed of vehicles in the tunnel can reach up to 250 km/h.
At the time of the exhibition, many people wanted to experience the LVCC Loop, but they were disappointed, saying that there was no congestion "future traffic", which was already blocked. In fact, the road's trial run in May last year has disappointed many experiencers, because the maximum speed in the tunnel can only reach 64 km / h, far below Tesla's advertised. In addition, some netizens reported that the road in the tunnel is too narrow, and there is no emergency lane, once a car fails, it will be very dangerous.
As the world's highest-selling electric vehicle company, Tesla's development speed on the road of intelligent driving is also at the forefront of train companies. The goal of these car companies is to create a safer driving environment through autonomous driving technology to avoid accidents and congestion caused by human factors.
The problem is that most countries' L3 and L4 level autonomous driving technologies cannot be commercialized for the time being, and even if these automatic driving technologies are commercialized, they will not be widely available in the short term. The service life of cars is generally about 15 years, and even if L3 level and above autonomous driving technology is commercialized today, not many drivers will be willing to buy new cars.
In the case that automatic driving cannot be popularized, it is absolutely impossible for Tesla to achieve congestion-free traffic with a tunnel underneath. Tesla's huge investment in the development of the LVCC Loop was almost completely in vain and did not achieve any results.
However, Tesla's research and development spirit is worthy of our praise, not any research and development investment can achieve results, but if everyone is worried about no return, and give up independent research and development, then how can technology progress?
As for the future development of LVCC Loop, we don't have to look forward to it too much. In recent years, Musk's Tesla and SpaceX have indeed made a lot of achievements, but there are also many failures, and we do not have to take everything seriously for his big words.