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  • The Boring Company's Vegas Loop of Tesla driven tunnels beneath Sin City have been plagued with problems dating back to its construction.

    The Boring Company’s Vegas Loop is a comedy of trespassing errors

    The Boring Company's Vegas Loop of tunnels beneath Las Vegas have had to deal with trespassers, none of which have been reported to local police.

    Danny Gallagher
    10.08.2024
  • CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. - Tesla welcomed throngs of electric car lovers to Texas on April 7 for a huge party inaugurating a "gigafactory" the size of 100 professional soccer fields. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

    Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees' landlord

    Musk reportedly spoke with Grimes and Ye (aka Kanye West) about ideas for a planned company town next to Boring and SpaceX facilities in Texas.

    Kris Holt
    03.10.2023
  • The Boring Company unveils the first test tunnel of a proposed underground transportation network across Los Angeles County during an event in Hawthorne, California, U.S. December 18, 2018. Robyn Beck/Pool via REUTERS

    Elon Musk isn't done with the idea of building a hyperloop

    Elon Musk has tweeted that The Boring Company will attempt to build a working Hyperloop "in the coming years."

    Steve Dent
    04.25.2022
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    Elon Musk's Boring Company is done excavating first Las Vegas tunnel

    The Boring Company has finished excavating the first of the two tunnels planned for Las Vegas Convention Center's underground loop transportation system. If you'll recall, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) tapped Elon Musk's company to develop the LVCC loop, which could cost around $52.5 million. The company called this development a "breakthrough" on its Twitter account and retweeted a video of its machinery breaking through a wall in the facility posted by the LVCVA.

    Mariella Moon
    02.15.2020
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    Boring Company will expand to China in late August

    The Boring Company's tunnel projects haven't had the warmest reception in the US, but that might not matter as much in the near future. Elon Musk has revealed that he'll be launching the company in China while visiting Shanghai for the World Artificial Intelligence Conference between August 29th and August 31st. There are still many unknowns, including the first projects, but it's a big step for a company that has so far been content to focus on American efforts.

    Jon Fingas
    08.03.2019
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    Musk's Las Vegas tunnel plans are worrying Monorail officials

    Planning documents, obtained by TechCrunch, are revealing much about how Elon Musk's proposed Las Vegas loop would work. The Boring Company is charged with building three tunnels: one for pedestrians and two for passenger "sleds," stretching across the Las Vegas Convention Center Campus. The two vehicle tunnels will be filled with a fleet of autonomous Tesla-based EVs that can carry up to 16 people at a time.

    Daniel Cooper
    08.02.2019
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    New York Senate passes ban on Elon Musk's Not-A-Flamethrower

    If you live in New York state and bought one of The Boring Company's Not-A-Flamethrowers, you probably want to get rid of it shortly. The state's Senate recently passed a bill that bans the possession of a flamethrower for recreational purposes, and legislators very explicitly singled out Elon Musk's gadget as an example. The measure bars specifically bars any device that projects burning fuel at least three feet away, which appears to include Boring's hardware.

    Jon Fingas
    06.21.2019
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    The Boring Company gets the go-ahead to build Las Vegas transport tunnel

    Elon Musk's Boring Company has officially landed its first commercial contract: A $48.7 million project to build an underground transportation system around the Las Vegas Convention Center. The initiative has been dubbed the Campus Wide People Mover (CWPM), because its primary purpose is to move people around the facility. Authorities conjured up the project to go with the LVCC's expansion -- the whole facility will span 200 acres after all construction is done, and people would have to walk two miles to go from one end to the other. The Boring Company's "LVCC Loop" can take event attendees to their destination much faster.

    Mariella Moon
    05.23.2019