Niamh Spence
If you've ever been intrigued to see what a futuristic subway could look like, well now is your chance.
Now footage shows exactly what it's like to drive on the Tesla underground system in Las Vegas, which is a network built by Elon Musk and used to transport people to various hotspots, purely in Tesla vehicles.
Be warned though, as some of these subway ceilings seem pretty low and the tunnels are tight, so it's not one for the faint hearted.
Watch it here:
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In a video shared on Instagram it shows what the journey entails including some futuristic lights and speedy driving.
The video shows the Tesla going into the tunnel ‘to avoid traffic’ as a passenger says: “We’ve lived here five years and I’ve never been down here.”
Driving through the one-way tunnel, the clip seems as though there’s very little space on either side of the car and also above it.
The driver claims eventually it will ‘be a transportation service for the city’.
The 'Vegas Loop' system was built by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to provide ‘fast and convenient transportation’ to those in Las Vegas. Obviously just for those with Teslas (Think the secret tunnel from The Stonecutters episode of The Simpsons), and not just any old vehicle can head down the futuristic set up.
Musk’s company claims: “Once complete, the Vegas Loop will transport more than 90,000 passengers per hour.
"Clark County and the City of Las Vegas have approved a total of 68 miles of tunnel and 93 stations for the Vegas Loop."
Now built, the system is actually 2.7km and currently has a fleet of 70 cars shuttles for paying passengers between five stops located around the Las Vegas Convention Center and Resorts World.
The Boring Company have since claimed the tunnel it will ‘eventually’ stretch over to Los Angeles.
Some users have previously criticised the Loop as ‘an extremely inefficient subway’ as others claim it’s giving them ‘panic attacks’.
The Boring Company explain how it all works and is justified: “Loop is an express public transportation system that resembles an underground highway more than a subway system.
“If a subway line had 100 stops, a train would typically stop at each station, so the trip between Stop 1 and Stop 100 would be long.
"In contrast, Loop passengers travel directly to their destination, anywhere between Stop 1 to Stop 100, without stopping at the intermediate stations.
"Also, the express system allows Loop vehicles to travel faster than conventional subway cars (up to 150 mph vs. up to 65 mph).”