Category: the boring company

Elon Musk’s Boring Company is done excavating first Las Vegas tunnel

[ad_1] Breakthrough! https://t.co/vJ7Jmz2nNb — The Boring Company (@boringcompany) February 14, 2020 Boring’s crew spent three months digging the nearly mile-long tunnel 40 feet underground. LVCVA says the project is scheduled to debut in January 2021 — who knows, the system might even be ready by the time CES 2021 rolls around. The electric vehicles tasked […]

Boring Company will expand to China in late August

[ad_1] Musk also hinted that the Boring Company was willing to create underwater tunnels, although there haven’t been any announced so far. The entrepreneur didn’t explain just why the company was expanding to China, although there are a few potential reasons. For one, it might face less opposition from regulators and neighborhood groups — looser […]

Musk’s Las Vegas tunnel plans are worrying Monorail officials

[ad_1] There are concerns, however, that the tunneling work required to build Musk’s loop is running too close to the adjacent Las Vegas Monorail. As TechCrunch reports, Monorail officials have lobbied for more oversight and raised objections over tunnels running close to the Monorail’s support pillars. Given the tight tolerances involved, it’s likely that a […]

New York Senate passes ban on Elon Musk’s Not-A-Flamethrower

[ad_1] A bill has yet to come to a vote in the state Assembly, although the 48-13 vote in the Senate suggests it won’t have much trouble clearing the other chamber. It’s no secret why they want flamethrowers like Musk’s banned. While Boring’s device isn’t technically a flamethrower (it’s more of a torch attached to […]

The Boring Company gets the go-ahead to build Las Vegas transport tunnel

[ad_1] According to the company’s website, the typical walk time between the New Exhibit Hall to the existing North/Central Hall is around 15 minutes. A trip aboard one of the Loop’s modified Tesla vehicles will take only a minute. TechCrunch says the company will build twin tunnels for vehicles, which is expected to be shorter […]