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CHICAGO When Elon Musk agreed this summer to build a futuristic tunnel to Chicagos busiest airport on his own dime, many Chicagoans voiced doubt.
The idea sounded fanciful: Electric pods hurtling under the city at 150 miles per hour. And experts questioned whether Musks company could dig a 17-mile tunnel in a few years.
Then Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the tunnels main supporter, stunned Chicago this month by announcing that he would not run for a third term, casting more doubt over the projects future. A few days later, Mr. Musk, the chief executive of the electric-car maker Tesla, came under scrutiny for apparently smoking marijuana during an interview. The episode followed a summer of turmoil that led to the resignation of the companys chief accounting officer and raised questions over Mr. Musks emotional state.
Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Musk insist the project is moving forward and technically feasible, but some transportation experts say it is unlikely to happen, and if it does, will take longer than promised. Even if Mr. Musks engineers can dig a tunnel faster than other companies, his pod system, which the entire project is based on, is still a work in progress.
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struggle4progress
(118,337 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)... he can bore Chicago, bigly.
Quemado
(1,262 posts)Will it all go up in a puff of smoke?
former9thward
(32,077 posts)When the next Mayor takes over, probably Bill Daley, they will put the project to the back of a dusty file cabinet.