Elon Musk wants to revolutionize transportation with high - speed trains in enormous pneumatic tubes . Such trains could theoretically whisk passengers from Los Angeles to New York in 45 minutes . A Russian firm is in the early stages of development of such a train . Musk is the serial entrepreneur behind Tesla , the electric vehicle company , and Space X .
Elon Musk wants to revolutionize transportation with high-speed trains in enormous pneumatic tubes . Such trains could theoretically whisk people from Los Angeles to New York in 45 minutes . A Colorado firm is in the early stages of development of such a system . Musk is the serial entrepreneur behind Tesla , the electric car company , and Space X .