Tesla CEO Elon Musk proposes quake-proof, multi-level tunnels to kill traffic
5 years ago

Tesla CEO Elon Musk proposes quake-proof, multi-level tunnels to kill traffic

Live Mint  

A nearly mile-long tunnel in Las Vegas meant to showcase a "traffic busting" alternative for overcrowded cities should be completed next year, innovative entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Twitter. The people-moving tunnel is being built by The Boring Company, one of several future-oriented enterprises founded by Musk, along with the Tesla electric-car company and SpaceX, which develops launch vehicles. Las Vegas officials selected The Boring Company in March to design, build and manage twin tunnels capable of transporting passengers in small, autonomous vehicles, each holding eight to 16 passengers. Musk's company last year showed reporters a new test tunnel in California, but Las Vegas is Boring's first paying customer.

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Who is Steve Davis? Elon Musk’s go-to cost-cutter is working for DOGE
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Who is Steve Davis? Elon Musk’s go-to cost-cutter is working for DOGE

LA Times  

Elon Musk’s deputy Steve Davis has spent more than 20 years helping the billionaire cut costs at businesses such as SpaceX, the Boring Company and Twitter — making the engineer by training a natural choice for his new role at Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE for short. Davis is helping recruit staff at DOGE, Musk’s effort to reduce …

Elon Musk approved to create underground Tesla transport system in Las Vegas
3 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk approved to create underground Tesla transport system in Las Vegas

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk’s Boring Company …

Musk firm gets early OK for Vegas Strip tunnel transit plan
3 years, 2 months ago

Musk firm gets early OK for Vegas Strip tunnel transit plan

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A company headed by Tesla Inc. chief Elon Musk passed a hurdle Wednesday in its plan to drill an underground motorway beneath the Las Vegas Strip that could one day also link the city’s busy international airport and downtown casino mall. The Clark County Commission unanimously approved a special use permit for The Boring Co. to submit …

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. expands Las Vegas tunnel network
4 years, 3 months ago

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. expands Las Vegas tunnel network

Live Mint  

Elon Musk may have finished digging his first Loop transportation project in Las Vegas, but he hasn’t sent his tunnel-boring machine home just yet. The Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority released a map on Tuesday showing proposed tunnels to be built by Musk’s Boring Co. extending as far north as downtown Las Vegas and as far south as Allegiant …

Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging venture just got approval for expansion
4 years, 5 months ago

Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging venture just got approval for expansion

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk’s tunnelling startup, The Boring Company, has received approval to expand its …

Elon Musk reveals Boring tunnels as he aims to eliminate city traffic
4 years, 5 months ago

Elon Musk reveals Boring tunnels as he aims to eliminate city traffic

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk has revealed renders of the first commercial station being built under …

Elon Musk says Boring Company's first commercial tunnel will open in Las Vegas in 2020
5 years ago

Elon Musk says Boring Company's first commercial tunnel will open in Las Vegas in 2020

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk has revealed the first ever commercial tunnel dug by The Boring …

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is run by a former bar owner who can quote Ayn Rand
5 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is run by a former bar owner who can quote Ayn Rand

Hindustan Times  

Before he became the director of one of the world’s most closely watched transportation companies, Steve Davis owned a bar. Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is run by a former bar owner who can quote Ayn Rand. So it’s perhaps fitting that Davis is now the president of Boring Co., Elon Musk’s wackiest transportation startup. In Las Vegas, the city’s own …

Elon Musk company to build underground transit loop for Las Vegas Convention Center
5 years, 7 months ago

Elon Musk company to build underground transit loop for Las Vegas Convention Center

LA Times  

Billionaire Elon Musk finally has a chance at completing a commercial tunneling project after his Boring Co. secured a $48.7-million contract to build a transit system for Las Vegas’ expanding convention center. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s 14-member board approved the contract Wednesday afternoon, taking a gamble on the young Hawthorne company, which has not completed a commercial …

Las Vegas Convention Center may gamble on Elon Musk’s Boring Co. for people mover
5 years, 10 months ago

Las Vegas Convention Center may gamble on Elon Musk’s Boring Co. for people mover

LA Times  

A modified Tesla Model X drives in the tunnel entrance before an unveiling event for the Boring Co. test tunnel in Hawthorne on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. For the record: A prior version of this article inaccurately said the Las Vegas convention center was two miles from end to end. Boring Co. estimated the cost of the Las Vegas project …

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. talked with New York about building transit tunnels
5 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. talked with New York about building transit tunnels

LA Times  

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. isn’t the only tech-related company having a hard time in New York this year. Elon Musk’s Boring Co. at one point talked with New York City-area officials about connecting John F. Kennedy International Airport with Manhattan directly via tunnel, a route long considered a kind of holy grail for weary transit riders traveling into and out of …

Elon Musk says Boring Company may dig new 100km CERN collider
5 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk says Boring Company may dig new 100km CERN collider

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As the co-founder of the tunnel-digging firm The Boring Company, Mr Musk claims he could cut several …

Elon Musk's Blue Mountains tunnel idea and cost dismissed by engineers as a 'dream'
5 years, 11 months ago

Elon Musk's Blue Mountains tunnel idea and cost dismissed by engineers as a 'dream'

ABC  

A group of senior road tunnelling experts have rubbished entrepreneur Elon Musk's claim he can build a 50-kilometre loop through the Blue Mountains for $1 billion, with one describing it as "Alice in Wonderland" talk. Key points: Experts say Mr Musk's tunnel idea could cost as much as $50 billion The NSW Government has not received a proposal but would …

First rides in Elon Musk's underground tube were bumpy, 'rough around the edges'
6 years ago

First rides in Elon Musk's underground tube were bumpy, 'rough around the edges'

Firstpost  

Demo rides were considerably slower than what Elon Musk says the future system will run at. Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech entrepreneur’s answer to what he calls “soul-destroying traffic.” Guests boarded Musk’s Tesla Model …

Is Elon Musk’s tunnel vision the right way to fix traffic in Southern California?
6 years ago

Is Elon Musk’s tunnel vision the right way to fix traffic in Southern California?

LA Times  

At an unveiling Tuesday in Hawthorne for Boring Co.’s first tunnel, Elon Musk arrived in a modified Tesla Model X that steered along the bumpy subterranean track using guide wheels. Urban planners are less optimistic, skewering Boring Co.’s first tunnel as a “tour-de-farce,” a “transportation hybrid from hell,” and a “sexy distraction” from investment in high-capacity transit, which could move …

Seriously, Elon Musk? Are You Kidding Me With This Tunnel? What Is This?
6 years ago

Seriously, Elon Musk? Are You Kidding Me With This Tunnel? What Is This?

Slate  

Elon Musk’s vision for the future of mass transit has arrived, and it’s amazing. From Laura Nelson at the Los Angeles Times: The trip through the tunnel took about two minutes, illuminated by the car’s headlights and a strip of blue neon lights tacked to the ceiling. The car rode on two molded concrete shelves along the wall, which were …

Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel, offers rides to VIPs
6 years ago

Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel, offers rides to VIPs

India TV News  

Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech entrepreneur’s answer to what he calls “soul-destroying traffic.” Guests boarded Musk’s Tesla Model S and rode along Los Angeles-area surface streets about a mile away to what’s known as …

Elon Musk unveils The Boring Company underground tunnels, offers first rides to VIPs
6 years ago

Elon Musk unveils The Boring Company underground tunnels, offers first rides to VIPs

Firstpost  

Elon Musk’s underground transportation is his answer to what he calls “soul-destroying traffic.” Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on 18 December, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech entrepreneur’s answer to what he calls “soul-destroying traffic.” Guests boarded Musk’s Tesla Model S and …

Elon Musk unveils underground tunnels to battle ‘soul-destroying traffic’
6 years ago

Elon Musk unveils underground tunnels to battle ‘soul-destroying traffic’

Hindustan Times  

Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech entrepreneur’s answer to what he calls “soul-destroying traffic.” Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk speaks at the unveiling event by "The Boring Company" for the test tunnel of a proposed …

Elon Musk unveils his company’s first tunnel in Hawthorne, and it’s not a smooth ride
6 years ago

Elon Musk unveils his company’s first tunnel in Hawthorne, and it’s not a smooth ride

LA Times  

Take a look inside the tunnel from a driver’s point of view. That’s why it’s just a little rough around the edges.” Building the 1.14-mile tunnel took about 18 months and cost about $10 million, Musk said. But Musk said he hoped the route would “ultimately be part of a much larger network in Greater Los Angeles.” A map the …

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is unveiling its tunnel, and sleepy Hawthorne is ready
6 years ago

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is unveiling its tunnel, and sleepy Hawthorne is ready

LA Times  

Construction crews in Hawthorne work on the entrance to a tunnel across the street from SpaceX headquarters. “I wish I knew more.” Two years after Musk complained on Twitter that Los Angeles traffic was driving him “nuts” and that he was going to “just start digging” to escape it, his newest venture, the Boring Co., is slated to unveil its …

Elon Musk reveals first high-speed Boring tunnel under LA will open soon
6 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk reveals first high-speed Boring tunnel under LA will open soon

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A two-mile tunnel capable of transporting people at up to 155 mph under …

Elon Musk’s Chicago tunnel: A breakthrough or pipe dream?
6 years, 3 months ago

Elon Musk’s Chicago tunnel: A breakthrough or pipe dream?

Live Mint  

Chicago: When Elon Musk agreed this summer to build a futuristic tunnel to Chicago’s busiest airport on his own dime, many Chicagoans voiced doubt. “There are so many challenges that have to be overcome.” A spokeswoman for Musk’s tunneling outfit, Boring Co., declined to comment on the Chicago project or the doubts about its feasibility. Paul Vallas, the former Chicago …

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