Tesla. We’ve all heard about it. We’ve all seen the Tesla shops in our malls (although for some reason the shops disappeared this spring here in CO.) Some of us have seen them on the streets. I confess, living here in CO, I’ve not seen many. Perhaps it’s because charging stations are few and far between? But I digress. Here’s the latest from Elon Musk.

New York to Washington in 29 minutes? Elon Musk says it’s possible and he has the government’s approval to do it (though it’s anyone’s guess which government or how long it would take to build).

Think I’m wrong? Here’s his tweet.

Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 20, 2017

City center to city center in each case, with up to a dozen or more entry/exit elevators in each city

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 20, 2017

Woohoo!! Now we are really getting into the Blade Runner, Star Wars interplanetary stuff and HOW!

Except….

I just talked to the New York MTA about this. Press aide is so flabbergasted that they're asking me to spell Elon Musk's name for them. https://t.co/mLWb4Abfb8

— Nathan Bomey (@NathanBomey) July 20, 2017

And from deBlasio’s Press Secretary…

This is news to City Hall. https://t.co/GmEm0b5C4i

— Eric Phillips (@EricFPhillips) July 20, 2017

Yeah. OOPSIE. If the states involved have ZERO clue as to what he’s talking about, this is about as far as a done deal as launching a space station on Pluto.