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 massive vacuum tube — mounted either above ground or even under water — would be combined with a magnetic levitation system used on conventional bullet trains . 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 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 .