MUSK, RIGHT? >> Reporter: NO.
HE HAS A GREAT TRACK RECORD. AND THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE SAYS
SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT MAYBE ONE DAY PEOPLE WILL
TRAVEL UNDERGROUND TO GO FROM D.C. TO NEW YORK.
RIGHT NOW, ON THE T TRAIN TRACK NEXT TO ME, IT TAKES UNDER THREE
HOURS, TOP SPEED, 150 MILES PE HOUR ON THE ASELL LA.
ELAN MUSK IS TALKING ABOUT 700 MILES PER HOUR.
HIS PIPE DREAM MAY BECOME REALITY.
FOR AN EXPRESS TRIP IN THE FUTURE, TAKE A LOOK AT HYPERLOOP
ONE. THE WHOLE HYPERLOOP CONCEPT IS
THE BRAINCHILD OF ELON MUSK. WHOSE BORING COMPANY
DIGGING A TUNNEL IN LOS ANGELES, CONVINCED THAT VACUUMS CAN MOVE
CARS INTO SLEDS. HE'S RUN TESTS AT 110 MILES PER
HOUR. HE DISCUSS BUILDING LOOPS IN LOS
ANGELES AND ALONG THE EAST COAST.
>> D.C. TO NEW YORK, YOU WANT TO GO THE UNDERGROUND THE ENTIRE
WAY. >> Reporter: ON THURSDAY, MUSK
TWEETED, JUST RECEIVED VERBAL GOVERNMENT APPROVAL FOR THE
BORING COMPANY TO BUILD AN UNDERGROUND, NEW YORK, D.C.,
BALTIMORE HYPERLOOP. ER HAVE VERBAL APPROVAL FROM
WHOM? THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA. CERTAINLY NOT AMTRAK.
THE WHITE HOUSE? WELL, SAYS A WHITE HOUSE
SPOKESMAN, THEY HAVE TALKED TO ELON MUSK.
AND WE BELIEVE OUR GREATEST SOLUTIONS AND INGENUITY AND
DRIVE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. NOT A SIGNED GOVERNMENT
CONTRACT. MUSK ACKNOWLEDGED, STILL A LOT
NEEDED TO GET NORMAL APPROVAL. BUT HERE'S WHAT IS COOL.
THE HYPERLOOP CONCEPT IS MUCH CLOSER TO REALITY, AFTER A
SUCCESSFUL TEST IN NEVADA. USING MAGNETIC LEVITATION TO HIT
SPEEDS OF 70 MILES PER HOUR. THE NEXT GOAL, 250 MILES PER
HOUR. ELON MUSK PROMISES 29 MINUTES
FROM NEW YORK TO D.C. AND A TEXAS LOOP AT NEARLY THE
SPEED OF SOUND. BUT GOVERNMENT APPROVAL?
THAT COULD BE GLACIAL. YEAH.
THIS IS D.C. AFTER ALL. LISTEN RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT A
SPEED. IN SOME PLACES, THE TRACK IS
DATING BACK TO THE CIVIL
