The Boring Company is finally going to make a full-scale version of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop – a new high-speed mode of transportation – and it is coming as soon as this year.
The Boring Company Stories April 25
The Boring Company Stories April 21
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company announced that it has raised $675 million in a new funding round valuing the company at $5.675 billion. It plans to use the funds to build many new boring machines and dig tunnels under more cities.
The Boring Company Stories February 18
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has submitted a proposal for a new 6-mile long Loop tunnel project in Miami. If approved, it would be the second of such full-scale commercial deployment of transportation system.
The Boring Company Stories January 10
When Elon Musk started The Boring Company, it made a fair bit of news. Depending on who you ask, the tunnels are either revolutionary forms of transportation to ease urban congestion at a dramatically reduced cost or claustrophobic overhyped tunnels with cars driving through them that are far less efficient than a simple tram, train, or bus.
The Boring Company Stories October 20, 2021
The Boring Company’s first commercial loop, deployed in Las Vegas, has officially been approved for expansion throughout the city.
Tesla vehicles inside tunnels are going to offer a new transit solution in Las Vegas.
The Boring Company Stories July 1, 2021
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has proposed its latest Loop project, a transit system made of tunnels with Tesla vehicles inside, and this one is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The Boring Company Stories June 9, 2021
The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Loop with Tesla vehicles has officially gone into operations this week, and it is already preparing to expand to the Strip and beyond.
The Boring Company Stories April 9, 2021
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has allowed the media a first look at the Las Vegas Loop, and it proved to be, well, quite boring.
The Boring Company Stories February 4, 2021
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is moving forward with negotiations on a new “Loop” project with Tesla electric vehicles near Los Angeles.
The Boring Company Stories December 16, 2020
Las Vegas City Council has voted to approve the Boring Company’s plan for a citywide Loop system with Tesla vehicles.
The Boring Company Stories December 4, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has released the first images teasing the first passenger station of the Las Vegas Loop ahead of its launch.
The Boring Company Stories November 9, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced that it is joining Tesla in Austin, Texas for a new tunnel project.
It is already starting to hire.
The Boring Company Stories October 21, 2020
The first Tesla vehicles are starting to go into the tunnels of the new Boring Company Loop in Las Vegas for testing.
It looks like they are getting closer to launching the new transportation system.
The Boring Company Stories October 13, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has taken the first step to expand the Loop system with Tesla vehicles throughout Las Vegas.
The Boring Company Stories August 6, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has received the green light to start expanding its “Loop,” an electric transport system using Tesla vehicles, in Las Vegas.
The Boring Company Stories July 20, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has confirmed the use of Tesla Model S, Model X, and Model 3 in its upcoming new “Loop.” expand full story
The Boring Company Stories July 7, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is launching a new competition that will see teams bore tunnels, and the goal is to beat the speed of a snail. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories June 9, 2020
Elon Musk’s vision for The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Loop is becoming a reality as another casino wants to be linked to the convention center. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories June 5, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is officially applying to extend its Loop tunnel system at the Las Vegas Convention Center to its first casino on the Strip. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories May 14, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has completed the excavation of its two tunnels for Las Vegas’ electric “Loop” project. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories February 25, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company announced on Twitter that its third-generation boring machine, which is supposed to have had its ability greatly improved to dig tunnels fast and cheap, is now working. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories February 14, 2020
Tesla vehicles are now confirmed to be used in Elon Musk’s Boring Company Loop project to create an electric people mover at Las Vegas’ massive convention center.
You can watch them break through the first tunnel in real time. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories January 2, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is currently building a ‘loop’, its underground electric transport system, in Las Vegas and it could be ready by the end of the year. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories July 25, 2019
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is working on several electric transportation projects, and only one of them, the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, is funded.
The company is now raising $120 million from its first outside investors. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories June 21, 2019
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has paved its test tunnel under Los Angeles with asphalt and it is now giving test rides to some VIPs in a Tesla Model 3. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories May 24, 2019
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has released a video of a race between two Tesla Model 3 vehicles: one inside the company’s tunnel under Los Angeles and the other traveling the same distance but on the surface streets. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories May 23, 2019
Elon Musk’s Boring Company received approval from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) Board of Directors to move forward with a ‘Loop’ system for passengers at the cost of almost $50 million. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories April 19, 2019
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is currently juggling many massive infrastructure projects at once. The East Coast Loop is probably the one least talked about, but it is now moving closer to a greenlight as the DOT releases its draft environmental assessment and is now open for public comments. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories March 6, 2019
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is announcing today a new proposed ‘Loop’ system of tunnels for approval in Las Vegas.
If everything goes according to plan, the first leg of the system would be operational at the Las Vegas Convention Center as soon as 2021. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories December 18, 2018
Elon Musk updated his vision for the Boring Company today with the unveiling of its first test tunnel in Los Angeles.
They abandoned their “electric skate” plan and replaced it with autonomous electric vehicles, starting with Tesla vehicles, using ‘tracking wheels’. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories December 13, 2018
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is moving forward with some urgency with its Chicago transit system between the city’s downtown area and the O-Hare airport as Rahm Emanuel, who has been pushing for the project, is leaving city hall. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories December 6, 2018
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has slightly delayed the launch of its first tunnel, but Musk said that it will also include the unveiling of ‘fully road legal autonomous transport cars’. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories November 17, 2018
It looks like Elon Musk’s Boring Company is on schedule for the completion of its first tunnel as the CEO releases a video of their boring machine breaking through the other end of the tunnel under Los Angeles. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories November 15, 2018
Getting rid of dirt is one of the largest costs of digging tunnels and Elon Musk’s Boring Company is exploring some creative ways to do that.
They are launching “DIY watchtowers” with bricks made of dirt from their tunnels. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories October 22, 2018
Elon Musk announced that his Boring Company is “almost done” with its first test tunnel under Los Angeles and they plan to open the project to the public around December 10. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories September 13, 2018
Elon Musk has confirmed plans for the Boring Company’s tunnel network to be able to connect all the way to residential garages so that commuters can enter the high-speed loop directly from their homes. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories September 8, 2018
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is currently developing more advanced tunnel digging technology for its upcoming new mass-transit projects in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Maryland.
Now the company is teasing its latest giant boring machine being operated by an Xbox controller. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories August 16, 2018
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is rolling back its plan for its first test tunnel in West Los Angeles announced earlier this year and instead, the startup is announcing a new tunnel and ‘Loop’ system to get to the Dodger Stadium in just about 4 minutes. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories July 13, 2018
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has been releasing side products mostly unrelated to the company’s main purpose, like hats and flamethrowers.
The latest product has more to do with boring tunnels since they plan on selling and/or giving away bricks made from dirt dug in the company tunnels.
The Boring Company is now showing a glimpse at how the bricks are being produced. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories July 5, 2018
After winning the contract to build Chicago’s transit system between downtown and the O-Hare airport, Elon Musk’s Boring Company said that it will likely end up being the startup’s first deployment of its ‘Loop’ technology.
The company has now released the first glimpse at the system with an image of the gantry being developed for the Loop. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories June 15, 2018
Elon Musk has revealed more details about The Boring Company’s Loop after winning the bid to build the system in Chicago.
We now learn that Tesla might not only supply its electric powertrain but even build the whole ‘pods’ that will be used in the Boring Company’s tunnel. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories June 14, 2018
After having won the bid to build Chicago’s new transit system today, Elon Musk’s Boring Company is now showcasing its latest transport technology: a Tesla Model X with a contraption that enables the all-electric vehicle to drive on rails inside the startup’s tunnel. expand full story
The city of Chicago has officially selected Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build its transit system between the O’Hare airport and downtown.
The company will build and operate a ‘Loop’, one of its new high-speed transit system ideas. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories May 18, 2018
During an informational session with Q&A today, Elon Musk released more details about the Boring Company’s plan for its network of tunnels under Los Angeles.
He envisions a “personalized mass transit” system that costs only $1 fare. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories May 17, 2018
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is moving forward with its plan to create a network of tunnels under Los Angeles that will house a new electric transportation system called ‘Loop’.
It’s a massive infrastructure project and not everyone is on board, but the company apparently found a new partner: LA Metro. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories May 16, 2018
Elon Musk’s vision for the Boring Company becomes clearer as the CEO reveals that he plans on combining the startup’s hyperloop technology with SpaceX’s plan to use its latest rocket program to create a transportation system to get anywhere on earth in less than an hour. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories May 10, 2018
The Boring Company’s effort to create a network of tunnels to enable of electric transit network called ‘Loop’ under Los Angeles is rapidly coming closer to reality as they complete their first tunnel.
Today, Elon Musk released a video of the first completed tunnel. expand full story
The Boring Company Stories April 27, 2018
It looks like Tesla is becoming a supplier for Elon Musk’s Boring Company as the automaker confirms that they have an agreement with the startup to supply “certain vehicle motor and battery pack components.” expand full story
