New YorkGov Andrew Cuomo supposedly asked Tesla to assist update the MTA’s signal system.
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Tesla might weigh in on how to repair the New York City train.
On Friday, according to NBC News, New YorkGov Andrew Cuomo stated he ‘d asked Elon Musk’s electric-car business to assist brainstorm methods to enhance the train’s signal system, which is among the primary concerns being come to grips with by train overseer the Metropolitan TransportationAuthority
The discussion supposedly showed up when Cuomo talked throughout a teleconference about his brand-new strategy to prevent a shutdown of the L train, which runs in between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
“I called Tesla because it’s outside the box,” Cuomo supposedly stated. “I stated, how can this be that we can’t have innovation that can keep an eye on the distance of train vehicles all on the exact same track to move them much faster together.
” I do not think [that in] a time where they’re discussing flying vehicles and you can enter an automobile and drive 100 miles on the LIE and never ever touch the guiding wheel, that there’s not a much better innovation that can control the trains!” Cuomo supposedly informed press reporters.
Neither Tesla nor Cuomo’s workplace instantly reacted to an ask for remark.
Musk has a certain interest in public transport. In July 2017, he tweeted that his tunnel-building company, The Boring Company, had actually gotten a “spoken” thumbs-up from the Trump administration to develop a hyperloop from New York to Washington, DC, which would, according to Musk, reduce the train trip to less than half an hour. The Boring Company likewise has an agreement to develop a loop to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago
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