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Elon Musk has proposed that his company, The Boring Company, could construct the ambitious undersea connection between New York City and London for $20 billion. The concept has long been dismissed due to astronomical costs and technical hurdles, but is now back in the spotlight.
The proposed tunnel would stretch over 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) under the Atlantic Ocean and enable high-speed travel between the United States and the United Kingdom in under one hour. This is in contrast to the eight hours a conventional flight currently takes.
During a recent discussion, Musk claimed that The Boring Company could achieve the project for a fraction of previous estimates, which once hovered around $19.8 trillion.
“We can rethink how we build and scale infrastructure,” Musk said. He also cited innovative tunneling techniques, automation, and cost-effective materials as critical factors in slashing costs.
Central to Musk’s proposal is Hyperloop technology, a futuristic mode of transportation involving vacuum-sealed tunnels and magnetic levitation (maglev), which allows pods to travel at speeds exceeding 3,000 mph. This would dramatically reduce travel time and revolutionize intercontinental connectivity.
Experts, however, remain cautious about the project’s feasibility as building a 3,000-mile tunnel beneath the Atlantic Ocean presents significant engineering, financial, and environmental challenges. Moreover, hyperloop remains largely experimental and unproven on such a massive scale.
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