The Boring Company
| Headquarters | , |
|---|---|
Key people | Steve Davis (project lead) |
| Products | Boring Test Tunnel |
| Parent | SpaceX |
The Boring Company is a tunnel boring company founded by Elon Musk,[1] who earlier started SpaceX. It aims to reduce traffic congestion in urban areas. It operates an underground "Las Vegas Convention Center Loop".
Elon Musk complained via Twitter about Los Angeles traffic and the same day, December 17, 2016, founded the company. It built a short test tunnel in Los Angeles.
To raise money for the expensive project, Elon Musk started selling promotional merchandise - first caps and then flamethrowers (branded as 'Not a flamethrower' to stop customs) and then fire extinguishers to go with them. The company website is written in a lighthearted tone, for example describing the fire extinguishers as 'overpriced'.
The Boring Company Media
Elon Musk discusses the Boring Company at TED 2017.
Elon Musk speaking at the inauguration of the test tunnel in Hawthorne, California, December 2018
The boring machine in June 2019
Tunnel built in Hawthorne, December 2018
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References
- ↑ The Boring Company - Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
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