原文連結：
http://bit.ly/2HnuYOz
原文內容：
Tesla vehicles are now confirmed to be used in Elon Musk’s Boring Company
Loop project to create an electric people mover at Las Vegas’ massive
convention center.
Elon Musk 的Boring Company 在拉斯維加斯的商業隧道項目已經確認將會使用
Tesla 車輛。
You can watch them break through the first tunnel in real time.
Last year, we reported on the Boring Company announcing a new proposed “Loop
” system of tunnels for approval in Las Vegas.
The project was initiated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
(LVCVA), which operates the city’s massive convention center.
該項目是由拉斯維加斯會議和遊客管理局（LVCVA）發起的，他們負責經營該地
的大型會議中心。
They are currently expanding the already gigantic venue with a new section to
open in 2021, and they need a new way to move people between all their
different halls.
In May 2019, the LVCVA chose the Boring Company’s $50 million project.
2019年5月，LVCVA 與Boring Company 簽下了約5,000萬美元的合約。
In an interview with Electrek when the project was first announced last year,
Boring Company president Steve Davis said that it was likely that the Las
Vegas project would be the first commercial Loop project to be completed by
the Boring Company.
去年，Boring Company 的總裁Steve Davis 接受Electrek的採訪時說，拉斯維
加斯的這個項目很可能是Boring Company 完成的第一個隧道商業計畫。
CEO and founder Elon Musk recently said that he expects the project to be
completed by the end of 2020.
CEO 兼創始人Elon Musk 最近表示，他預計該項目將在2020年底之前完成。
A few weeks ago, we reported on how the Boring Company Las Vegas Loop is
already more than halfway done on its first of two 0.8-mile-long tunnels.
幾週前，我們報導了Boring Company 在拉斯維加斯的兩條約0.8英里長的隧道
中的其中一條上已經完成了一半以上。
Now after tunneling forty feet underground for the past three months, the
boring machine broke through the concrete wall – completing the excavation
for the first of two one-way tunnels.
在過三個月後的現在，地下40英尺深的隧道中的這台TBM 衝破了混凝土牆，完
成了兩條單向隧道中的第一條的開挖。
Here you can watch the Boring Company breakthrough the wall in real-time:
https://youtu.be/02vsw1jWU8Q
The next step is to disassemble the boring machine, transport it back to the
launch pit near the convention center’s south hall, and start digging the
second tunnel.
Steve Hill, LVCVA CEO and president, commented on the milestone:
“This marks an important milestone in the future of transportation. Las
Vegas is proud to lead the way as the first and only destination to offer an
underground transportation solution for moving visitors throughout our
convention center.”
With the launch of its test tunnel in Los Angeles in 2018, the Boring Company
also unveiled Tesla vehicles on “tracking wheels” as a transport system
inside its “Loop” tunnels.
The company said that this system will be considered, but they could also
produce a new passenger vehicle built on the Model X chassis.
In a press release about the milestone today, LVCVA confirmed that the system
will use Tesla vehicles:
“The system will allow convention attendees to be whisked across the
sprawling campus in just over one minute, free of charge, in all-electric
Tesla vehicles.”
在關於今天達到的這項里程碑的新聞稿中，LVCVA 確認該系統將使用Tesla 汽車：
“該系統將允許全電動Tesla 汽車在短短一分鐘內免費將參加會議的人士運送
過廣闊的院區。”
The plan is for the loop to be able to support “at least 4,400 passengers
per hour” and be scalable.
該計劃的目的是能夠“每小時至少運送4400名乘客”並具有可擴展性。
They are also working with the city to potentially expand the loop beyond the
convention center and around the city, specifically on the strip and to the
airport.
他們還可能將此擴展到會議中心以外和整個城市，特別是在大道上和機場。
The Boring Company is also working on several other projects, including a new
tunnel and “loop” to get to Dodger Stadium in four minutes in Los Angeles,
and another loop in Chicago.
心得/說明：(30字以上)
不熟悉這新聞講的Boring Company 是什麼的人可以先看這篇文章：
https://www.pttweb.cc/bbs/Gossiping/M.1581735610.A.D2F
在示意圖上的車輛可以看到很明顯的是Model 3:
https://i.imgur.com/qtkMoQul.jpg
Boring Company 的第一條商用隧道用上Tesla 是很自然的事情
都是同一個老板並且這隧道也是設計給純電動車使用
同時因為要在地底高速行駛的關係，必須有至少Lv2 以上等級的自駕系統
因為路窄又單調若是交給人類駕駛很有可能會出現問題
而在這種地底的單調隧道環境下
不需要預測其他駕駛人的行為正好給電腦很大的發揮優勢的空間
雖然說目前是採用Tesla
但未來的規劃會開放給私人電動車使用(不一定是這個項目)
以後應該會是只要有一定自動駕駛能力的電動車都能夠使用
(燃油車、油電車會有廢氣所以不行)
就看這些各地政府想要怎麼規劃了，但至少技術上是可行的