--- title: "Elon Musk Says Future Of Public Transport Is 'Individualized' Autonomous EVs: 'You Can't Have 3D Buildings…'" description: "Elon Musk envisions the future of public transport as \"individualized mass transit\" using autonomous electric vehicles, emphasizing the need for tunnels to improve traffic flow. His company, The Borin" type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/257837829.md" published_at: "2025-09-18T04:50:15.000Z" --- # Elon Musk Says Future Of Public Transport Is 'Individualized' Autonomous EVs: 'You Can't Have 3D Buildings…' > Elon Musk envisions the future of public transport as "individualized mass transit" using autonomous electric vehicles, emphasizing the need for tunnels to improve traffic flow. His company, The Boring Company, is expanding the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop and plans to construct over 68 miles of tunnels. Musk also mentioned potential projects like a Dubai loop and a $20 trillion Trans-Atlantic tunnel. Meanwhile, Tesla is advancing its autonomous driving technology, despite skepticism from industry experts regarding its camera-only approach. **Tesla Inc.** TSLA **Elon Musk** says that the future is "individualized mass transit" as his tunnel construction and infrastructure enterprise, **The Boring Company**, inches closer to completing the planned expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop. ## Individualized Mass Transit Is The Future, Says Elon Musk Quoting a post by the Boring Company on the social media platform X on Wednesday, a user on the platform, **Austin Vernon**, hailed the company's progress as it shared updates on a new tunnel being dug in Las Vegas. "Boring Company is dangerously close to being able to provide every city dozens of miles of light rail/BRT type capacity with no public money," Vernon said in the post, adding that the tunnels would provide faster travel times. Responding to Vernon's post, Musk said that while he loves trains as a means of transport, "the future is individualized mass transit with autonomous electric vehicles taking you precisely to your destination." Musk also highlighted how tunnels facilitate better flow of traffic by addressing choke points. "You can't have 3D buildings and expect a 2D transport system to be effective! Multiple layers of tunnels enable transport to be 3D too," Musk said. He also outlined how pods/cars in vacuum tunnels serve as the "fastest way to travel long distances." ## The Boring Company's Dubai Plans, $20 Trillion Trans-Atlantic Tunnel The comments come as the Boring Company, which plans on constructing over 68 miles of tunnels in Las Vegas with over 55 stations planned in the completed Loop, also proposed expanding its presence in the Middle East with a Dubai loop in the pipeline after signing an MoU with the local government in the Emirate. Musk had also said that his enterprise could dig the proposed $20 trillion Trans-Atlantic tunnel for "1000x less money" earlier this year. The concept for the tunnel, which has been around for decades, would connect New York City in the U.S. to London in the UK. ## Tesla's Autonomous Push, Robotaxi Expansion Meanwhile, Musk recently shared that he was focused on Tesla's autonomous driving pursuits, with the billionaire saying that the company's AI5 autonomous driving chipset would constitute a "forty times" improvement over the AI4 chip. However, experts like **Gerber Kawasaki**'s co-founder **Ross Gerber**, as well as **Uber Technologies Inc.** UBER CEO **Dara Khosrowshahi**, have questioned Tesla's camera-only approach to autonomous driving. Recently, Tesla was also slammed by **The Dawn Project**'s founder, **Dan O'Dowd**, for redacting Robotaxi crash reports. Speaking of which, the company announced that it was expanding its Robotaxi in Austin, which would also operate on highways as Tesla moved the onboard safety operator to the driver's seat in what could potentially be a move to circumvent Texas' new autonomous regulations. *Check out more of Benzinga's Future Of Mobility coverage by* *following this link.* - Elon Musk Thinks xAI Can Achieve AGI With Grok 5 Amid Renewed Focus On Tesla, AI: ‘Never Thought That Before' *Photo courtesy: Shutterstock* ### Related Stocks - [TSLA.US - Tesla](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLA.US.md) ## Related News & Research | Title | Description | URL | |-------|-------------|-----| | 官方 Slate 卡車的定價將在六月底公佈 | Slate Auto 將於六月底公佈其經濟型電動皮卡 “Blank Slate” 的定價。首席執行官 Chris Barman 表示，基礎型號的起售價將在 2 萬美元中段。與其他電動汽車初創公司不同，Slate 的皮卡將不提供選項，允許買家 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276389542.md) | | 板岩的定價將在六月公佈，“空白板巖” 卡車的價格仍預計在兩萬美元中段範圍內 | Slate Auto，一家電動車初創公司，將在六月公佈其 “Blank Slate” 電動皮卡的定價。該車型預計將成為最實惠的電動車之一，初始目標定價低於 20,000 美元，儘管最近的聯邦激勵措施變化可能會影響這一點。這款卡車具有可定製的 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276367534.md) | | 電動汽車的寒冬正在全球蔓延。這就是為什麼它對特斯拉造成了嚴重打擊 | 電動車寒冬正在全球蔓延。以下是它為何對特斯拉造成嚴重影響的原因 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276215877.md) | | 一位分析師認為，到 2035 年，特斯拉的自動駕駛出租車收入可能會飆升至 2500 億美元。然而，投資者需要了解以下三點 | Wolfe Research 分析師 Emmanuel Rosner 預測，到 2035 年，特斯拉的 Robotaxi 可能會產生 2500 億美元的收入，佔據自動駕駛打車市場的 50%。然而，風險包括市場規模的不確定性、高昂的開發成本， | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276516561.md) | | Ross Gerber 表示，在自動駕駛出租車事故頻發的情況下，情況似乎沒有好轉，並稱特斯拉可能需要進行 “硬件調整” | 投資者羅斯·格伯（Ross Gerber）認為，特斯拉的全自動駕駛（FSD）技術由於最近涉及其機器人出租車的事故，需要進行硬件升級。他在社交媒體上表達了擔憂，稱 FSD 沒有改善，並建議特斯拉可能需要考慮引入激光雷達傳感器，類似於競爭對手。 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/276202408.md) | --- > **Disclaimer**: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.