The UAE has announced a collaboration with Elon Musk on the new underground Dubai Loop project at the World Governments Summit on Thursday.
The Dubai Loop is set to cover the city’s most populated areas and would help transport people underground in a seamless manner, said Omar Sultan AlOlama, the UAE’s minister of state for artificial intelligence, digital economy and remote work applications.
AlOlama made the announcement in conversation with Musk, who was speaking via video link, at the summit.
“It’s going to be like a wormhole, you will wormhole from one part of the city and then, boom, you are out on another part of the city,” said Musk.
Musk’s construction firm, the Boring Co., has built underground traffic tunnels in California and Las Vegas, which were tested in 2018.
These tunnels, according to Musk, promise high-speed transportation, a reduction in traffic, and a better alternative to public transport systems such as subways.