Elon Musk tweeted a thing today, launching all sorts of speculation about what the mad genius is up to now.
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
The tweet suggests a combination of two Musk projects: a network of underground tunnels that would ease traffic and a high-speed tubular transportation system.
Both were dreamed up to solve Musk’s commute problems on the West…