Getting from New York City to Washington in under a half-hour perhaps got a step closer Thursday. That's if you believe what Elon Musk tweets.
Musk, the billionaire behind SpaceX, Tesla and super-fast, super-smooth transportation via hyperloop technology, tweeted that his Boring Company, which digs tunnels, has received verbal government approval to build a hyperloop between the two cities.
The hyperloop would cut the nearly three-hour train ride or more than four-hour car ride down to a mere 29 minutes and include stops in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Musk tweeted: "Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.-- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 20, 2017"
Hyperloop technology works by sending sleek pods through depressurized tubes. The pods levitate, creating near frictionless travel and making incredible speeds, like 700 mph, possible.
The technology is still being developed and has not been tested on a large scale yet. Teams from California State University at Sacramento and Carnegie Mellon University are among the leaders in development of a hyperloop pod prototype. Musk has said in the past that he was also interested in developing a Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed route.
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