CES 2022, the Consumer and Electronics Show happening January 5th to the 7th in Las Vegas (Nevada), took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
#CES2022 is thrilled to have this technology for our attendees to use as they make their way around the show floor. https://t.co/rOVzSbpYEV
— CES (@CES) January 5, 2022
Many CES Attendees utilized The Boring Company Las Vegas Convention Center, LVCC, tunnel & Vegas Loop transportation service to get to and from events, casinos, and hotels.
First time getting to see the Vegas Loop! Can’t wait to ride it pic.twitter.com/Y8MhRRjZvo
— Rich DeMuro (@richontech) January 4, 2022
The obligatory post after riding. Once the vehicles are automated I can see the magic. pic.twitter.com/Z6tYrzhwCX
— Nick Boylan (@RandomSegments) January 5, 2022
One attendee of the CES 2022 Convention had this to say about TBC LVCC Loop and Vegas Loop —
“The VegasLoop is a blast, super narrow, and the quietest ride in Vegas! 40ft below street level Teslas owned by The Boring Company silently transport you from hall to hall CES2022”
The VegasLoop is my favorite CES2022 experience so far!”
The #VegasLoop is my favorite #CES2022 experience so far #ces @boringcompany @Tesla pic.twitter.com/8gHZPBjn5r
— Savannah ✨Savvy✨ Peterson (@SavIsSavvy) January 6, 2022
For some, the ride was “the closest I will get to a club during the pandemic”.
Another #ces2022 highlight: grabbing @elonmusk's @boringcompany Vegas Loop and being driven underground by #Tesla between the Las Vegas Convention Center halls.
— Mike Lowe (@mrmickeylowe) January 6, 2022
Interesting pre-Hyperloop proof of concept.
About closest I'll be getting to a club this week!#VegasLoop @Tesla @LVCC pic.twitter.com/7MFT6si8NR
The Boring Company has 80 Teslas running for the convention with attendees remarking it was doing well.
80 Teslas running in the Boring Tunnel today. Maxed out and surprisingly good throughput! pic.twitter.com/4WxNItWyRZ
— Kyle Conner (@itskyleconner) January 6, 2022
Even an astronaut, Dr Sian Leo Proctor, a crew member of the 2021 “Inspirational 4” SpaceX Dragon Crew remarked positively about TBC experience.
Awesome things I’m seeing at @CES! The Loop with @Tesla cars shuttling people below the convention center. Very cool @elonmusk!! pic.twitter.com/p2RMLDQUoG
— Dr. Sian “Leo” Proctor (@DrSianProctor) January 6, 2022
Founder of “The Boring Company” Elon Musk created the first Boring Company operational tunnel the LVCC (Las Vegas Convention Center) Loop, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Boring Company, is a company specializing in boring tunnels underground at a fraction of the cost of regular tunnels.
‘The Boring Company’ tunnels are technically called Loops, designed specifically for electric vehicles. As quoted from The Boring Company website —
“Loop is an all-electric, zero-emissions, underground public transportation system in which passengers are transported directly to their final destination with no stops along the way.”
Without the need to ventilate the tunnels from toxic CO2 the tunnels are significantly cost effective in comparison to similar tunnels designed with expensive air ventilation systems to keep clean air in the tunnels.
When asked “Why tunnels?” Elon Musk explained —
“To solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic, roads must go 3D, which means either flying cars or tunnels are needed. Unlike flying cars, tunnels are weatherproof, out of sight, and won't fall on your head. Tunnels minimize usage of valuable surface land and do not conflict with existing transportation systems. A large network of tunnels can alleviate congestion in any city; no matter how large a city grows, more levels of tunnels can be added.”
The Boring Company set out in 2016 to solve traffic congestion on surface streets. Since then many short tunnel projects within a few major cities have been busy projects currently for TBC.
Boring Tunnels, the ones being built right under Vegas, are traditionally built to fit a Tesla in the the Boring Company’s typical 12 foot diameter tunnel.
Two giant boring tunnel machines doing the majority of the tunneling are Godot-Plus and Prufrock, named after TS Eliot’s written work, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”.
As per TBC website,
“Prufrock is designed to tunnel at a speed of 1 mile per week, which is 6 times faster than The Boring Company’s previous generation TBM (Godot-Plus). This is still 4-5 times slower than a garden snail, but Prufrock is catching up!”
Within the Teslas and tunnels there will be no carbon monoxide from exhaust, long wait times, noisy engines, or inclement weather issues.
Most of the passenger vehicles for the tunnels are Tesla model Ys that can be hailed via a specific app for the Vegas tunnels. For those with specific needs such as a wheelchair, model Xs are available.
Boring Company drivers are currently being employed in the early stages of the tunnels’ opening launch.
The 60-80 vehicle Tesla fleet that will be used in the tunnels exclusively, noted as a Ride Hailing system, will significantly cut back transfer time between different locations in Vegas. What could have been a 45 minute surface street walk will now be 2-5 minutes. There will be no need to bother walking far or waiting on a corner for transportation help.
The LVCC Loop, is a three-station transportation system consisting of 1.7 miles of tunnels, aimed to be built in approximately one year of beginning construction and tunneling in mid 2019 and ended mid 2020, in time for CES 2021 which was cancelled in person and made online only, due to Covid restrictions and closures it wasn’t open to the public until mid 2021. The LVCC Loop cost was $47 million which included two tunnels and three large stations, two surface and one subsurface.
The three stations in the LVCC Loop are The South Station, Central Station, and the West Station, that anyone can select from.
The LVCC Loop is part of connecting tunnels, as well as to multiple casinos and hotels in the near future when the full Vegas Loop is finished.
As for the Vegas Boring Tunnel Systems, transportation will be 4,400 people per hour for the LVCC Loop system and it’s 3 large stations while the Vegas Loop 57,000 passengers per hour with 51 medium stations.
The Vegas Loop a significantly larger project, is expanding to 29 miles and 51 stations total. Clark County team partnered with the County Commissioners for an unanimous approval of expansion, fall 2021.
Originally, the Vegas Loop project overall was to be approximately 10.5 miles long, of two parallel tunnels, a total of 24 miles of tunnels, on either side of Las Vegas Boulevard South. The Tunnels will still be 12 foot diameter, located approximately 40 feet below ground. Total, the Vegas Loop was to connect approximately 50 stations on the Loop but now it is 51. The Las Vegas Airport, LAS officially known as McCarran International Airport, is also part of the approved stations.
This is in addition to the previous work already underway to connect multiple casinos and stations, 51 sites overall, in one big 29 mile underground loop transporting passengers at a rate of 57,000 people per hour in Teslas.
The tunnels are lit-up with RGB LED lights adding a fun sensory element to the service. The tunnels are outfitted with CCTV video systems, secure wireless communication, passenger cell phone service, blue light stations, fire safety system, ventilation systems, project engineering, codes and permits, environmental engineering .. all part of the packaged TBC projects.
For more information on The Boring Company and clear picture schematics as well as it’s 5 company product lines; Loop, Freight, Utility, Pedestrian, and Bare tunnels, click the hyperlink above.
Boring is exciting! pic.twitter.com/wIdGahTJ8o
— The Kilowatts 🚗⚡️ (@klwtts) January 6, 2022
