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Elon Musk’s Boring Company plans to tunnel beneath another country
Elon Musk wants to tunnel beneath China. It’s OK, it’s nothing sinister. Rather, it’s part of a plan to take his Boring Company's subterranean transportation efforts beyond the U.S.
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Las Vegas officials bet big on Elon Musk’s Boring Company
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has just been awarded a $48.6 million contract by Las Vegas to build a high-speed transportation system beneath the city’s enormous convention center, and it could be ready by early 2020.The post Las Vegas officials bet big on Elon Musk’s Boring Company appeared first on Digital Trends.
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An underground loop looks to lessen the hordes of foot traffic in Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority wants to tap Elon Musk's The Boring Company to create a loop of underground tunnels that would use autonomous electric vehicles to move passengers at high speeds.The post An underground loop looks to lessen the hordes of foot traffic in Las Vegas appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Musk’s Boring Company unveils its first high-speed, Tesla-launching tunnel
Almost exactly two years to the day since Elon Musk announced his tunnel-constructing Boring Company, the company has unveiled its first stretch of high-speed tunnel in Hawthorne, California.The post Musk’s Boring Company unveils its first high-speed, Tesla-launching tunnel appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company suffers tunneling setback in California
Elon Musk's Boring Company has abandoned plans to build a test tunnel in Los Angeles for its ambitious high-speed transit system following a dispute with local community groups that were opposed to the project.The post Elon Musk’s Boring Company suffers tunneling setback in California appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk shows off Boring Company‘s ‘disturbingly long’ tunnel under Los Angeles
Elon Musk has tweeted a trance-inducing video showing a ride through the Boring Company's test tunnel that's set to be officially unveiled in December, 2018. Musk described the two-mile tunnel as "disturbingly long."The post Elon Musk shows off Boring Company‘s ‘disturbingly long’ tunnel under Los Angeles appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk offers free rides through first Boring Company tunnel from December
Members of the public will soon get to find out if Elon Musk's high-speed tunnel plan is a serious effort at reducing traffic congestion or little more than a fancy theme park ride, with free rides being offered from December.The post Elon Musk offers free rides through first Boring Company tunnel from December appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company turns digging machine into ‘best video game ever’
Elon Musk's Boring Company has apparently found a way to operate its giant digging machine with an Xbox controller. No, we're not sure why either, though the tweet does include the message: "Best video game ever."The post Elon Musk’s Boring Company turns digging machine into ‘best video game ever’ appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company wants to dig a tunnel to Dodger Stadium
Elon Musk's Boring Company wants to build a high-speed transportation tunnel connecting Dodger Stadium to a nearby Metro station. The system would run 150-mph passenger pods between the stadium and a terminus to the west.The post Elon Musk’s Boring Company wants to dig a tunnel to Dodger Stadium appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk sends SpaceX and Boring Company engineers to aid in a rescue mission
The rescue team dedicated to saving the Thai soccer team that has been trapped in a cave for nearly two weeks is growing larger. According to Elon Musk, engineers from both his ambitious companies are heading to Thailand.The post Elon Musk sends SpaceX and Boring Company engineers to aid in a rescue mission appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk’s new idea involves Boring Company rock and ancient Egyptian sites
Elon Musk plans to sell Lego-like kits of tunneled rock that let you build replicas of ancient Egyptian monuments ... or a house. The rock comes from Musk's Boring Company, which is developing a subterranean transportation system.The post Elon Musk’s new idea involves Boring Company rock and ancient Egyptian sites appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk sells 10,000 flamethrowers as lawmaker calls for ban
Elon Musk's flamethrowers are selling like hot cakes, with 10,000 of the Boring Company-branded devices ordered in just a couple of days. But now a Californian lawmaker is calling for it to be banned.The post Elon Musk sells 10,000 flamethrowers as lawmaker calls for ban appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Check Out Elon Musk’s $600 ‘Boring Company’ flamethrower
And you thought Elon Musk was joking when said he wanted to sell a Boring Company flamethrower. While there's been no official announcement as yet, the flamethrower appears to have shown up on the company's website.The post Check Out Elon Musk’s $600 ‘Boring Company’ flamethrower appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Musk’s Boring Company fundraiser is ‘capping cap orders at 50,000 caps’
Elon Musk is raising a few bucks for his Boring Company by selling branded caps, though he's decided he's "capping cap orders at 50,000 caps," thereby imposing a funding cap of $1 million.The post Musk’s Boring Company fundraiser is ‘capping cap orders at 50,000 caps’ appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk offers first look at Boring Company’s futuristic freeway under L.A.
Elon Musk has posted the first photo of a finished section of tunnel for his ambitious subterranean transportation system. The completed stretch is about 500 feet long and lies beneath the streets of Los Angeles.The post Elon Musk offers first look at Boring Company’s futuristic freeway under L.A. appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Elon Musk’s boring update suggests drilling work is well and truly under way
Elon Musk said on Wednesday that work on his ambitious plan to build a network of transportation tunnels across Los Angeles is under way, with the first segment of tunnel recently completed.The post Elon Musk’s boring update suggests drilling work is well and truly under way appeared first on Digital Trends.