This incredibly cool tunnel is located in Las Vegas, and only white Tesla Model 3 vehicles travel through it.
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The Teslas in the tunnel operate as shuttles with paid drivers, providing an efficient transportation solution for moving between various points of interest around the city.
Although this is a very local and limited project, it offers a particularly interesting and efficient transportation model that we may well see on roads in the future.
The main advantage in this case is maintaining lane discipline, with all vehicles traveling at a consistent pace and speed in a single lane.
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Imagine a city where every vehicle is autonomous.
A dedicated network protocol would synchronize each vehicle with others on the road, with traffic lights, and with road signs, so that every vehicle is fully aware of its surroundings.
The vehicles would also be connected to government databases containing information relevant to the route ahead.
All vehicles would travel in convoy, one after another, without unnecessary lane changes and at a constant speed.
Traffic jams would not exist in such a scenario — nor would road accidents.
Changes of this magnitude take a very long time, but it is fair to say that the solution to our transportation problems lies somewhere along that road.