The Boring Company
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 is involved in the building of the Hyperloop in Los Angeles.
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| Industry | Geotechnical engineering Subterranean product development |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 17, 2016 |
| Founder | Elon Musk |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Steve Davis (project lead) |
| Products | Boring Test Tunnel |
| Parent | SpaceX |
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 during the inauguration of the test tunnel in Hawthorne, California
The boring machine in 2019
A tunnel in Hawthorne, created by The Boring Company.
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References
- ↑ "The Boring Company - Crunchbase". crunchbase.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
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