原文连结：
http://bit.ly/2HnuYOz
原文内容：
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 在拉斯维加斯的商业隧道项目已经确认将会使用
Tesla 车辆。
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.
该项目是由拉斯维加斯会议和游客管理局（LVCVA）发起的，他们负责经营该地
的大型会议中心。
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 与Boring Company 签下了约5,000万美元的合约。
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 的总裁Steve Davis 接受Electrek的采访时说，拉斯维
加斯的这个项目很可能是Boring Company 完成的第一个隧道商业计画。
CEO and founder Elon Musk recently said that he expects the project to be
completed by the end of 2020.
CEO 兼创始人Elon Musk 最近表示，他预计该项目将在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.
几周前，我们报导了Boring Company 在拉斯维加斯的两条约0.8英里长的隧道
中的其中一条上已经完成了一半以上。
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.
在过三个月后的现在，地下40英尺深的隧道中的这台TBM 冲破了混凝土墙，完
成了两条单向隧道中的第一条的开挖。
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.”
在关于今天达到的这项里程碑的新闻稿中，LVCVA 确认该系统将使用Tesla 汽车：
“该系统将允许全电动Tesla 汽车在短短一分钟内免费将参加会议的人士运送
过广阔的院区。”
The plan is for the loop to be able to support “at least 4,400 passengers
per hour” and be scalable.
该计划的目的是能够“每小时至少运送4400名乘客”并具有可扩展性。
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.
他们还可能将此扩展到会议中心以外和整个城市，特别是在大道上和机场。
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/说明：(30字以上)
不熟悉这新闻讲的Boring Company 是什么的人可以先看这篇文章：
https://www.pttweb.cc/bbs/Gossiping/M.1581735610.A.D2F
在示意图上的车辆可以看到很明显的是Model 3:
https://i.imgur.com/qtkMoQul.jpg
Boring Company 的第一条商用隧道用上Tesla 是很自然的事情
都是同一个老板并且这隧道也是设计给纯电动车使用
同时因为要在地底高速行驶的关系，必须有至少Lv2 以上等级的自驾系统
因为路窄又单调若是交给人类驾驶很有可能会出现问题
而在这种地底的单调隧道环境下
不需要预测其他驾驶人的行为正好给电脑很大的发挥优势的空间
虽然说目前是采用Tesla
但未来的规划会开放给私人电动车使用(不一定是这个项目)
以后应该会是只要有一定自动驾驶能力的电动车都能够使用
(燃油车、油电车会有废气所以不行)
就看这些各地政府想要怎么规划了，但至少技术上是可行的