Boring Company

In July, Elon Musk tweeted that he received “verbal governmental approval” to build a high-speed underground tunnel enabling 29-minute trips between New York City and Washington D.C. An adviser to President Donal Trump clarified Monday that there was more “verbal government excitement” offered...

Elon Musk has given us a first look inside The Boring Company’s test tunnel in Hawthorn, Calif. The 500 foot tunnel is the beginning of a larger project that will stretch “the whole 405 N-S corridor from LAX to the 101 in a year or so,” Musk said. Musk’s plan is to transport vehicles...

"The drive by media." Over past few years don't permit much of what I hear or read to make it within even filtering range of my mental processes. Often it's a regurgitating experience. We exist in times that news has become a question mark? A thing to be bought sold refurbished repackaged by its...

This thread is intended as a place to focus on the system teased in the video using tunnels and electric skids for medium speed, medium distance mass transport. I don't know of any proposed name for the system, so I'll refer to it as the Atmospheric Pressure Tunnel System (APTS) until a name...

Only $20 including tax/shipping at the Boring Company website. Come on, Make America Boring Again!!

Elon Musk recently posted a photo of a Tesla Model S being lowered into a tunnel dug in Los Angeles by The Boring Company and now we get a look inside the tunnel. Musk posted a new photo to Instagram that shows a Model S inside the 13.5 foot diameter tunnel. Musk’s plan is to transport...

Tesla has added a unique “secret level” prize to its referral program – a chance to drive The Boring Company’s electric boring machine. The referral program has has previously offered rewards such as discounts on a next generation Tesla Roadster, the chance to attend Tesla events like the...

When I first saw Elon's presentation on the Boring Tunnels and Car Elevators, I loved every part of it but one. I had real issues with how the elevators integrated in with the city streets. The solution presented seemed half baked at best. Here are my ideas for improving it.

Maybe still a bit premature at this point, but should there be a subforum for The Boring Company, just as there are for SpaceX and Tesla Energy? They just showed off their car elevator and there were the recent stories about various localities expressing interest in tunnels. Right now, threads...

Elon Musk continues to share progress on his plan to build a network of tunnels that carry cars on electric sleds. Musk posted to Instagram a video of a Tesla Model S being lowered underground on an elevator. Login • Instagram He previously shared a video on Twitter of the elevator’s...

Elon Musk said today on Twitter that The Boring Company received “verbal government approval” to build a Hyperloop connecting New York with Washington DC. Musk said a trip between the two cities would take 29 minutes. It’s not clear what government agency approved the project. The...

When video of Elon Musk’s plans to speed cars through an underground tunnel emerged, it seemed like a far-off concept. But, pictures tweeted this week by Musk show that it’s quickly becoming a reality. According to a concept video, the elevator would lower vehicles into the the tunnel...

May not be as farfetched as it sounds. Oh wait! My meds. My meds. I forgot to take them again. Sorry.

Chicago officials may tap Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to build speedy rail service between O’Hare International Airport and the Chicago Loop business district, according to a report from Crain’s. “We’re going to try to see if they can make it work here,” deputy mayor Steve Koch said in the...

Look at this Boring bus. The Boring Company – Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging effort to speed traffic – released new photos of the people-moving platform it teased in a recent video. Photos of the glass-topped platform on wheels were posted on the company’s website without description beyond file...

I've read about The Boring Company, but I don't think the plans to tunnel under Los Angeles is a good idea, nor will it work in the long run. Why? 1. Loose dirt, prone to cave-ins. 2. Mine subsidence and the damage to structures on the surface, lawsuits, insurance claims, etc, there is enough...

Does anyone else think that really the ultimate goal of the boring company is to create the first long term habitable buildings on mars? In order to protect the early setlers from solar radiation they need to go down about 100 meters below the surface of the planet. Not only that but in the...

One of the fascinating talks at last week's TED conference was an interview with Elon about "The Future We Are Building." He shows some great video pieces, including his "boring" solutions to LA's traffic mess. If you are interested in what is coming next, don't miss this talk which TED put up...

Thought I might start a thread on Musk's Boring Company after his release of the video at the TED2017. Here is a great, bit old, article on boring at WSJ (subscription required). The High-Tech, Low-Cost World of Tunnel Building Cost only $19,000 per foot per that article for a train, by my...