Elon Musk has shot out some crazy, unbelievable tweets over the last year, but he wasn’t joking about the bricks. Musk has started a company called The Brick Store LLC to produce and sell bricks, according to public documents obtained by TechCrunch. The new company, which was founded in July, will be managed by Steve […]
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Elon Musk goes underground to show ‘disturbingly long’ LA tunnel
The Boring Company CEO Elon Musk seems to be confounded about what a tunnel is. It’s ironic since the company’s main mission is to build tunnels for quick, high-speed underground travel. Or the tweets are just Musk being faux-modest about what his co…
View More Elon Musk goes underground to show ‘disturbingly long’ LA tunnelElon Musk’s high-speed transit tunnel in L.A. will soon be open for public rides
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Elon Musk says the first tunnel is “almost done.”
Posting on Twitter on Sunday night, the Boring Company founder and CEO announced the first test tunnel of the ambitious ultra-high-speed transit project in Los Angeles will be open for public rides on Dec. 11.
The very first LA tunnel, which will primarily function to transport pedestrians and cyclists, was officially completed in May, after digging permission was granted in August last year.
Opens Dec 10
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018
Musk has previously announced that the service will apparently cost passengers just $1 to ride on shuttles within the city when it officially launches. Read more…
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View More Elon Musk’s high-speed transit tunnel in L.A. will soon be open for public ridesThe Boring Company wants to build tunnels right under your garage
A Southern California city gave the go-ahead this week to Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging venture, The Boring Company, to build an underground car elevator.
Yes, a car elevator that would take your vehicle from your garage on street level to a below-groun…
The Boring Company proposes hyperloop to Dodger Stadium
The Boring Company announced a proposal yesterday to construct a 3.6 mile hyperloop to carry fans from the city directly to Dodger Stadium in less than four minutes for about $1.
This proposed loop, called the “Dugout Loop,” would run from Dodger Stadium to privately owned Boring Co. property in either the Los Feliz, East Hollywood or Rampart Village neighborhoods.
View More The Boring Company proposes hyperloop to Dodger StadiumThe Boring Company is alarmingly chill with kids and dogs at its flamethrower pick-up event
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Let’s be real for a minute: Just because you put “not” in front of something doesn’t really mean it is not that thing.
While Borat is still working on his ability in this area, The Boring Company is handing out its Not-A-Flamethrowers to faithful customers who are eager to get there hands on them. Pick-up parties, as they’re being called, started in Los Angeles a few weeks back, and there was one in Washington D.C. on Saturday.
Alarm bells are ringing after the D.C. event, however, with kids and dogs appearing in more than a few photos posted on The Boring Company’s Twitter feed. Now that just seems unsafe. The idea of a company endorsing the visual of a kid hanging out next to — or even firing — a flamethrower seems surreal. Read more…
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View More The Boring Company is alarmingly chill with kids and dogs at its flamethrower pick-up eventElon Musk and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hold ‘Loop’ press conference to shut down the haters
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Haters gonna hate, but that’s not stopping Elon Musk and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel from pushing forward on a potentially game-changing new high-speed rail project.
Musk and Mayor Emanuel held a press conference on Thursday to announce The Boring Company’s winning bid for an underground high-speed rail between downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport.
“This is the fastlane to Chicago’s future,” Mayor Emanuel said.
The line will be called “The Chicago Express Loop,” also known as The X. Pods made by Tesla will travel between 125 – 150 mph, transporting travelers the approximately 16 miles between Block 37 in downtown Chicago to the airport in about 12 minutes. It’s not Hyperloop, but it’s fast — about four times faster than existing public transportation, at least. Read more…
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View More Elon Musk and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hold ‘Loop’ press conference to shut down the hatersElon Musk’s Boring Company will build a high-speed train to Chicago airport
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You could take the regular 40-minute train from one of the busiest airports in the world, or how about a 12-minute high-speed trip?
The Boring Company, headed by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, has won a bid to build a high-speed train from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to downtown, reports the Chicago Sun Times.
According to the Times, rides would cost $20-25 for a 12-minute trip from the airport’s new terminals to the Block 37 super-station downtown. This trip usually takes approximately 30-40 minutes, whether by train via Chicago’s Blue Line for around $5, or by cab, Uber or Lyft. Read more…
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View More Elon Musk’s Boring Company will build a high-speed train to Chicago airport1,000 people picked up their Boring Company flamethrowers this weekend
It was a hot time in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.
Sorry, sorry. (No I’m not.) It’s been five months since The Boring Company sold 20,000 space age flamethrowers to… people who want to burn things, I guess. On Saturday, 1,000 of those buyers g…
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Elon Musk is sick of Los Angeles traffic.
The Boring Company, Tesla and SpaceX CEO said he was late to his own tunnel company’s information session at a synagogue in Los Angeles on Thursday night because of traffic on a major freeway. He called the congested highway “the seventh or eighth level” of hell.
To tackle “soul-destroying traffic” plaguing most major U.S. cities, Musk said, “There’s a few ways to skin this cat.” Instead of building more roads and highways or heading into the sky, as Uber envisions with its flying cars, Musk wants to go below ground — like 30 to 100 feet below ground — with an autonomous highway-like high-speed tunnel hyperloop system. Read more…
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View More Elon Musk’s ultra-high-speed hyperloop will cost just $1 to rideElon Musk details his plan to rid LA of traffic with $1 rides on the Boring Co. ‘Loop’
This evening, Boring Company executives Elon Musk and Steve Davis offered a few more details about their plans to revolutionize LA urban transit, introducing the “Loop” which would eventually be composed of all-electric pods that transport up to 16 passengers at a time. Musk theorizes that the Loop could take Los Angeles residents from downtown LA […]
View More Elon Musk details his plan to rid LA of traffic with $1 rides on the Boring Co. ‘Loop’Elon Musk’s Boring Co. raises $113 million to chase a pipe dream
Elon Musk’s tunneling startup The Boring Company has raised $113 million to fund its vision of the near/distant future of transportation, according to newly-filed SEC docs first spotted by CNBC. The startup, which is centered around the goal of creating underground tunnels, plays a central part in Musk’s integrated view of urban transportation that he […]
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