Boring Company

The Boring Company is Elon Musk’s tunnel-boring venture. The company began as a hole in the ground of the SpaceX parking lot, and is now trying to win over major cities by touting tunnels as a way of relieving traffic congestion. The company is in various stages of working with Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, and others to build tunnels that will take electric, autonomous vehicles from one site to another. Though initially The Boring Company sounded like a joke when Musk announced its existence on Twitter, the company appears to be very real — or at least, the Not A Flamethrowers it made are. Many of the questions about the company’s future center on environmental reviews and other kinds of regulatory paperwork. Can Musk win over local governments like he won over NASA?

Elon Musk’s Boring Company announces plan to tunnel under Nashville

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“Why am I on fire?”

Workers suffered chemical burns while digging a tunnel in Las Vegas for Elon Musk’s Boring Company, according to a state OSHA investigation. “You’d be like, ‘Why am I on fire?’” one worker told Bloomberg Businessweek.

They routinely waded through chemical-laced water, which burned and scarred workers when it splashed onto their skin. OSHA reportedly fined the Boring Company $112,504 last fall for eight “serious” violations. Musk’s company is contesting the findings of the investigation.

Umar ShakirAug 4, 2023

Elon Musk’s Teslas-in-tunnels business gets OK to dig more tunnels in Las Vegas.

The city has approved Boring Company’s plan to extend its network of underground tunnels to 68 miles and 81 stations: 21 within Las Vegas city limits and 60 in Clark County.

In May, the “Vegas Loop” plan included 65 miles of the claustrophobic single-lane tubes that funnel passenger-loaded Tesla cars. Clark County said yes to it.

The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas

[Ars Technica]

Wes DavisMay 28, 2023

”I love Elon… I just don’t want him to dump his poop in the river.”

The Washington Post reports regulators have hit Elon Musk’s Boring Company with multiple complaints over careless, unpermitted work in Bastrop County, Texas.

Elon’s “Snailbrook” plans to build a private community around his SpaceX and Boring Company facilities — as well as local unease about the effects of Elon’s “move fast” ethos on the countryside — have been reported by The Wall Street Journal and the San Antonio Express-News.

From the Post:

Amy Weir, a local property owner, said Musk’s companies have “no doubt done amazing things,” but that there was no need for them to “reinvent wastewater treatment” when the city was ready to handle the job. The penalties for violating the permit were far too low, she added. “The owner of these companies spent $44 billion on Twitter, and it had no impact on his ability to continue to build these businesses,” she said.

Texas welcomed Elon Musk. Now his rural neighbors aren’t so sure.

[Washington Post]

Elon Musk’s Boring Company plan for a 69-station ‘Vegas Loop’ is anything but nice

Andrew J. HawkinsMay 4, 2023

Emma RothMar 21, 2023

Elon Musk wants to make the Vegas Loop even bigger.

While the Musk-owned Boring Company originally planned on creating a 29-mile underground transportation system in Las Vegas, a new proposal spotted by TechCrunch indicates that the company wants to more than double it in size. The proposed plan maps out a 65-mile-long system with 69 stations located near more retailers, casinos, and even residential areas.

Elon Musk's The Boring Company seeks to double the size of its Vegas Loop

[TechCrunch]

Elon Musk’s first Hyperloop tunnel in California is gone

Andrew J. HawkinsNov 3, 2022

Thomas RickerOct 19, 2022

Elon Musk pockets $3 million with burnt hair perfume gag.

There’s rich and there’s stinking rich. What started as a throwaway joke by Musk became a real product sold by the Boring Company. Imagine being one of the 30,000 people who spent $100 just to be part of the club.