the Boring Company

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Musk announced the idea of the Boring Company in December 2016,{{cite web | last=Gajanan | first=Mahita | title=Elon Musk's Next Venture to Tackle Traffic Is Totally 'Boring' | website=Fortune | date=2016-12-18 | url=https://fortune.com/2016/12/18/elon-musk-traffic-boring/ | access-date=2023-08-14}} and it was officially registered as "TBC – The Boring Company" on January 11, 2017.{{Cite web |date=2017-01-11 |title=TBC – THE BORING COMPANY |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/6279803 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=OpenCorporates}} Musk cited difficulty with Los Angeles traffic, and what he sees as limitations of its two-dimensional transportation network, as his early inspiration for the project.{{cite web |last=Chafkin |first=Max |date=February 16, 2017 |title=Elon Musk Is Really Boring |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-16/elon-musk-is-really-boring |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216113314/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-16/elon-musk-is-really-boring |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=February 16, 2017 |publisher=Bloomberg |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-on-digging-big-ass-tunnel-we-have-no-idea-wh-1791803837 |title=Elon Musk on Digging Big-Ass Tunnel: 'We Have No Idea What We're Doing' |last=Peyser |first=Eve |date=January 30, 2017 |publisher=Gizmodo |access-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219045530/http://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-on-digging-big-ass-tunnel-we-have-no-idea-wh-1791803837 |archive-date=February 19, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} The Boring Company was formed as a SpaceX subsidiary.[http://hawthorne-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=490&meta_id=35783 Agenda Item No. 9, City of Hawthorne City Council, Agenda Bill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224164217/http://hawthorne-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=490&meta_id=35783 |date=February 24, 2021 }}, 11 September 2018, Planning & Community Development Department, City of Hawthorne. Retrieved 13 September 2018. According to Musk, the company's goal is to enhance tunneling speed enough such that establishing a tunnel network is financially feasible.{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Avery |date=February 16, 2017 |title=Elon Musk Is Really Making a Boring Company |url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a25257/elon-musk-boring-company/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428050842/http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a25257/elon-musk-boring-company/ |archive-date=April 28, 2017 |access-date=April 27, 2017 |website=Popular Mechanics |df=mdy-all}}{{Cite magazine |last=Heathman |first=Amelia |title=Elon Musk's boring machine has already built a 'test trench' in Hawthorne, CA |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/elon-musk-tunnel-boring |url-status=live |language=en-Glenn Beck |location=UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718214211/http://www.wired.co.uk/article/elon-musk-tunnel-boring |archive-date=July 18, 2017 |access-date=February 19, 2017 |newspaper=Wired |df=mdy-all}} File:Elon Musk Accelerates the Boring (45716125474).jpg, December 2018]]

In early 2018, the Boring Company was spun out from SpaceX and into a separate corporate entity.{{cite news |last=Copeland |first=Rob |date=17 December 2018 |title=Elon Musk's New Boring Co. Faced Questions Over SpaceX Financial Ties |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-new-boring-co-faced-questions-over-spacex-financial-ties-11545078371 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218044810/https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-new-boring-co-faced-questions-over-spacex-financial-ties-11545078371 |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |access-date=18 December 2018 |work=The Wall Street Journal |quote=When the Boring Co. was earlier this year spun into its own firm, more than 90% of the equity went to Mr. Musk and the rest to early employees, ... The Boring Co. has since given some equity to SpaceX as compensation for the help, ... about 6% of Boring stock, "based on the value of land, time and other resources contributed since creation of the company". |df=mdy-all}} Somewhat less than 10% of equity was given to early employees, and over 90% to Elon Musk. Early employees came from a variety of different backgrounds, including those from SpaceX. The company began designing its own tunnel boring machines, and completed several tests in Hawthorne, California. The Hawthorne test tunnel opened to the public on December 18, 2018.{{Cite web |last=Lekach |first=Sasha |date=December 7, 2018 |title=In true Musk fashion, Boring Company test tunnel opening pushed back a week |url=https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-boring-company-test-tunnel-postponed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214022523/https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-boring-company-test-tunnel-postponed/ |archive-date=December 14, 2018 |access-date=2018-12-11 |website=Mashable |df=mdy-all}}

After raising US$113 million from Musk himself, supplemented by TBC merchandise sales during 2018,{{Cite news |date=2019-07-25 |title=Elon Musk's Boring Co. Raises $120 Million in First Outside Investment |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-25/elon-musk-s-boring-co-raises-120-million-in-first-outside-investment |access-date=2024-07-06 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}} the Boring Company sold $120 million in stock to venture capital firms in July 2019.{{cite news |last1=Khalid |first1=Amrita |title=Elon Musk's Boring Co. raises $120 million in outside funding |url=https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/25/elon-musk-raises-120-million-boring-co/ |work=Engadget |date=June 26, 2019 |language=en |access-date=July 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726034350/https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/25/elon-musk-raises-120-million-boring-co/ |archive-date=July 26, 2019 |url-status=live }} By November 2019, Steve Davis had become company president after leading efforts for Musk since 2016. Davis was one of the earliest hires at SpaceX (in 2003) and has twin master's degrees in particle physics and aerospace engineering, as well as degrees in finance and mechanical engineering.{{cite news |last=McBride |first=Sarah |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-15/elon-musk-s-boring-co-is-run-by-a-former-bar-owner-who-can-quote-ayn-rand |title=Elon Musk's Boring Co. Is Run by a Former Bar Owner Who Can Quote Ayn Rand |work=Bloomberg News |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210045125/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-15/elon-musk-s-boring-co-is-run-by-a-former-bar-owner-who-can-quote-ayn-rand |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |last=Vance |first=Ashlee |author-link=Ashlee Vance |year=2017|orig-date=2015 |title=Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future |edition=2nd |location=New York |publisher=Ecco |isbn=978-0-06-230125-3 |ref=Vance}} In November 2020, TBC announced hiring for positions in Austin, Texas, and by December 2020 had leased two buildings in a {{Convert|14|acres|adj=on}} industrial complex northeast of Austin, approximately {{convert|16|miles}} north of Texas Gigafactory.{{cite news |title=Elon Musk's The Boring Co. grabs industrial space in Pflugerville, documents show |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2020/12/15/elon-musks-boring-co-leases-space-in-pflugerville.html |last=Hardison |first=Kathryn |work=Austin Business Journal |date=15 December 2020 |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107042249/https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2020/12/15/elon-musks-boring-co-leases-space-in-pflugerville.html |url-status=live }}

On April 20, 2022, the company announced an additional $675 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at approximately $5.675 billion.{{Cite Q|Q115488224|access-date=2022-11-28}} The round was led by Vy Capital and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, 8VC, Craft Ventures, and DFJ Growth. In 2022, the company was cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for five violations of Texas environmental regulations.{{Cite web |last=Girtman |first=Taylor |date=2023-04-05 |title=Boring Company cited for 3 more TCEQ violations at Bastrop facility |url=https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/boring-company-cited-for-3-more-tceq-violations-at-bastrop-facility/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=KXAN Austin |language=en-US}}

Sometime before April 2023, the company moved their headquarters and engineering facilities to Bastrop, Texas, approximately {{convert|25|miles}} east of Texas Gigafactory.

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The first boring machine used by TBC was Godot, a conventional tunnel boring machine (TBM) made by Lovat.{{Cite web |last=Wattles |first=Jackie |date=2017-07-08 |title=All the quirky details you need to know about Elon Musk's Boring company |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/08/technology/future/elon-musk-boring-company/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322205737/https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/08/technology/future/elon-musk-boring-company/index.html |archive-date=March 22, 2020 |access-date=2020-03-22 |website=CNN Money}}{{cite web | last=Loveday | first=Steven | title=Yet Another Boring Backstory | website=Inside EVs | date=2017-08-13 | url=https://insideevs.com/news/332635/yet-another-boring-backstory/ | access-date=2023-08-07}} TBC then designed their own line of machines called Prufrock.{{cite magazine | first=Aarian | last=Marshall | title=Elon Musk's Boring Company Wins a Big Boring Contract in Chicago | magazine=Wired | date=2018-06-14 | url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-boring-company-contract-chicago/ | access-date=2023-08-07}} Prufrock 1 was unveiled in 2020, and was used mostly for testing. Engadget reported that the Prufrock 2, which was unveiled in August 2022,{{Cite web |last=Calin |first=Razvan |date=2022-10-22 |title=Elon Musk's Prufrock Makes Boring Exciting With Porpoise-Style, Purpose-Driven Drills |url=https://www.autoevolution.com/news/elon-musk-s-prufrock-makes-boring-exciting-with-porpoise-style-purpose-driven-drills-201894.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=autoevolution |language=en}} could dig up to a mile per week. The same website claimed that Prufrock 3 was planned to dig up to seven miles per day,{{Cite web |last=Dent |first=Steve|title=Elon Musk's Boring Company plans to 'significantly' expand after funding round |url=https://www.engadget.com/elon-musks-boring-company-plans-to-significantly-expand-after-funding-round-124527584.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Engadget |date=April 21, 2022 |language=en-US}} although this figure does not seem to have come from TBC itself.{{cn|date=March 2025}} In 2024, Prufrock 3 was able to tunnel 40–46 meters/day.{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Brian |date=2024-08-15 |title=Boring Company Path to Continuous Tunneling {{!}} NextBigFuture.com |url=https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/08/boring-company-path-to-continuous-tunneling.html |access-date=2024-08-19 |language=en-US}}

TBC claims to be redesigning the entire tunnel boring process to reduce cost, accelerate tunnel completion, improve safety, and reduce site impacts. Innovations include:{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Replace tunnel entry and exit excavations by having the TBM "porpoise" in and out of the ground. The TBM is trucked in and placed at an angle to the ground. (Prufrock 2 and 3 required an earthen ramp to set it at the correct angle before beginning to tunnel). It then bores into the ground. It changes angles as it continues boring, eventually returning to the surface and being loaded onto the truck.{{Cite web |last=Karen |first=Ashley |date=2023-05-21 |title=Six Ways Tunnel Boring Machines are Evolving |url=https://tunnelingworld.com/news/six-ways-tunnel-boring-machines-are-evolving/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Tunneling World |language=en-US}}

In conventional systems, one large excavation is made at the tunnel entrance to allow the TBM to be lowered to the tunnel depth and assembled. A similar excavation is made at the tunnel exit to allow the TBM to be disassembled and lifted out.

TBC moves tunnel lining segments into the tunnel via an all-electric autonomous, wheeled liner truck powered by motors and batteries from Tesla. Conventional systems typically use a diesel rail system, which must be constructed along with the tunnel lining.{{cite web | last=Wang | first=Brian | title=Boring Company Speeds Up Tunneling. Vegas Loop Tunnels Could Finish in 2025 | website=NextBigFuture | date=2024-03-06 | url=https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/03/boring-company-speeds-up-tunneling-vegas-tunnels-could-finish-in-2025.html | access-date=2025-01-27}}

TBC is working to install ring liners without stopping tunneling.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} Conventional systems stop every five feet or so to install another segment of the tunnel lining, and to extend the rail line. The goal is to increase tunneling time/day from 11 hours to 24 hours.

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{{main|Boring Test Tunnel}}

TBC built a {{convert|1.14|mile|adj=on}} high-speed tunnel in 2017 on a route in Hawthorne, California, at the SpaceX headquarters and manufacturing facility.{{Cite web|last=Geuss|first=Megan|date=2018-12-19|title=Ars takes a first tour of the length of The Boring Company's test tunnel|url=https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/12/ars-takes-a-first-tour-of-the-length-of-the-boring-companys-test-tunnel/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|archive-date=March 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328092816/https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/12/ars-takes-a-first-tour-of-the-length-of-the-boring-companys-test-tunnel/|url-status=live}} The tunnel roadway has an asphalt surface, a guide-way for autonomous vehicle operation, and supports car trips at speeds of {{cvt|90|mph}} with autonomous control and up to {{cvt|116|mph}} under human control.[https://electrek.co/2019/06/21/tesla-model-3-elon-musk-boring-company-tunnel-video/ Watch Tesla Model 3 go through Elon Musk's Boring Company now paved tunnel at 116 mph] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622152825/https://electrek.co/2019/06/21/tesla-model-3-elon-musk-boring-company-tunnel-video/|date=June 22, 2019}}, 21 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

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{{main|Las Vegas Convention Center Loop}}

In May 2019, the company won a $48.7 million project to shuttle visitors in a loop underneath the LVCC.{{cite web |last=Bliss |first=Laura |date=2019-05-29 |title=Elon Musk's $49 Million Las Vegas Loop Makes Perfect Sense – for Las Vegas |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-29/las-vegas-to-elon-musk-tesla-tunnel-we-ll-take-2 |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Bloomberg}} Boring of the first tunnel, {{convert|4475|feet}} long, began on November 15, 2019, and finished on February 14, 2020, excavating an average of {{convert|49|feet}} per day.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-17|title=Boring Company's Las Vegas Tunnel Excavation Has Finally Been Completed|url=https://interestingengineering.com/boring-companys-las-vegas-tunnel-excavation-has-finally-been-completed|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221142140/https://interestingengineering.com/boring-companys-las-vegas-tunnel-excavation-has-finally-been-completed|archive-date=February 21, 2020|access-date=2020-02-21|website=interestingengineering.com|language=en-US}}{{cite web | last=Velotta | first=Richard N. | title=1st tunnel completed for Las Vegas Convention Center's people-mover | website=Las Vegas Review-Journal | date=2020-02-14 | url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/1st-tunnel-completed-for-las-vegas-convention-centers-people-mover-1957613/ | access-date=2023-08-24}} In May 2020, the boring of the second tunnel was completed,{{Cite web|last=O'Kane|first=Sean|date=2020-05-14|title=Elon Musk's Boring Company finishes digging Las Vegas tunnels|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/14/21257849/elon-musk-boring-company-las-vegas-tunnel-finished-digging|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521081241/https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/14/21257849/elon-musk-boring-company-las-vegas-tunnel-finished-digging|archive-date=May 21, 2020|access-date=2020-05-21|website=The Verge|language=en}} for a total of {{convert|1.7|miles}} of tunnels.{{Cite web|last=Reilly|first=Claire|title=Elon Musk's Boring Loop transports first passengers in Vegas|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musks-boring-loop-is-finally-transporting-passengers-in-las-vegas/|access-date=2021-06-09|website=CNET|language=en|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609201316/https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musks-boring-loop-is-finally-transporting-passengers-in-las-vegas/|url-status=live}} The tunnel opened in October 2021.{{cite web | last=Cao | first=Sissi | title=Elon Musk's Vegas Boring Tunnel Is a Disappointment, But Cities Are Eager to Have It | website=Observer | date=2021-06-10 | url=https://observer.com/2021/06/elon-musk-boring-company-open-vegas-tunnel-experts-skeptic/ | access-date=2023-08-24}} Standard Tesla vehicles with human drivers are used as shuttles, traveling at about {{convert|35|mph}}.{{Cite news|last=Vaughn|first=Mark|date=2021-04-12|title=Elon Musk's Boring Company Completes First Mile-Long Vegas Tunnel|url=https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry-news/a36090539/elon-musk-boring-company-first-mile/|access-date=2021-04-13|website=Autoweek|language=en-US|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413004817/https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry-news/a36090539/elon-musk-boring-company-first-mile/|url-status=live}} The service was described by Las Vegas Tourism as "an important step in the development of a game-changing transportation solution in Las Vegas".{{Cite web |last=Hahn |first=Jennifer |date=2022-07-01 |title=Elon Musk's The Boring Company opens first station in expanded Las Vegas transit tunnel system |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/07/01/vegas-loop-boring-company-station-opening-news/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

Testing with volunteers in late May 2021 showed that the system could transport 4,400 passengers per hour.{{cite web | last=Wang | first=Brian | title=Vegas Boring Loop Surpasses 4400 Passengers Per Hour Target in Testing | website=NextBigFuture.com | date=2021-05-29 | url=https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2021/05/vegas-boring-loop-surpasses-4400-passengers-per-hour-target-in-testing.html | access-date=2023-08-08}} The system started transporting convention attendees on June 8, 2021.{{Cite news|last=Velotta|first=Richard N.|date=2021-06-08|title=Boring Co.'s underground loop begins moving customers in Las Vegas|language=en-US|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/conventions/world-of-concrete/boring-co-s-underground-loop-begins-moving-customers-in-las-vegas-2373190/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-08|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608154741/https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/conventions/world-of-concrete/boring-co-s-underground-loop-begins-moving-customers-in-las-vegas-2373190/}} Designed to solve traffic congestion, the tunnel was intended to provide trips of less than two minutes,{{cite web | title=Elon Musk firm proposing 'Vegas Loop' tunnel people mover | website=AP News | date=2020-10-14 | url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-las-vegas-elon-musk-spacex-c742550d37eb452d09ef467bf7953da4 | access-date=2023-08-24}} but has faced a number of traffic jams during busy events in 2021 and 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Elon Musk's The Boring Company opens first station in expanded Las Vegas transit tunnel system |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/07/01/vegas-loop-boring-company-station-opening-news/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}{{cite web | last=Cole | first=Samantha | title=Traffic Jams Are Possible in Elon Musk's Tunnels, Apparently | website=Vice | date=2022-01-07 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7n74d/traffic-jams-are-possible-in-elon-musks-tunnels-apparently | access-date=2023-08-24}}{{cite web | last=Kilander | first=Gustaf | title=Elon Musk's 'Vegas Loop' called a 'death trap' as traffic piles up | website=The Independent | date=2022-01-07 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-vegas-loop-traffic-b1988974.html | access-date=2023-08-24}}

The tunnel to Resorts World Las Vegas opened in July 2022.{{cite web | last=Lilly | first=Caitlin | title=Resorts World, Wynn Las Vegas submit plans for passenger stations for Boring Company's underground people mover | website=Fox 5 Las Vegas | date=2020-06-09 | url=https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/resorts-world-wynn-las-vegas-submit-plans-for-passenger-stations-for-boring-companys-underground-people/article_87764e4a-aa73-11ea-b006-2366fa12538b.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618153235/https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/resorts-world-wynn-las-vegas-submit-plans-for-passenger-stations-for-boring-companys-underground-people/article_87764e4a-aa73-11ea-b006-2366fa12538b.html | archive-date=2020-06-18 | url-status=unfit | access-date=2023-08-15}}{{cite web | last=Akers | first=Mick | title=Underground people mover ready to expand to Strip resorts | website=Las Vegas Review-Journal | date=2020-06-09 | url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/underground-people-mover-ready-to-expand-to-strip-resorts-2049071/ | access-date=2023-08-15}} As of April 2024, Las Vegas strip hotel Encore has a private tunnel underway to allow direct access from the hotel to LVCC.{{Cite web |last=Akers |first=Mick |date=2024-04-15 |title=Vegas Loop begins boring operations for station near UNLV |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/road-warrior/vegas-loop-begins-boring-operations-for-station-near-unlv-3033992/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |language=en-US}}

In October 2021, Clark County Commissioners approved a 50-year franchise agreement for a 52-stop, mostly-underground system, a "{{Convert|16|mile|km|adj=on}} dual loop system...operating mainly in the Resort Corridor with stations at various resorts and connections to Allegiant Stadium, Brightline West Las Vegas Station, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas". TBC planned to build five to ten stations during the first year, and then add approximately 16 stations per year thereafter.{{cite news |title=Underground travel in Strip, stadium areas moves closer to reality |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/traffic/underground-travel-in-strip-stadium-areas-moves-closer-to-reality-2463119/ |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |last=Akers|first=Mick |date=20 October 2021 |access-date=31 October 2021 }} TBC would be responsible for funding the tunnel, while station costs would be funded by the resort properties and landowners.[https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/stadium/underground-people-mover-could-link-to-allegiant-stadium-next-year-2049757/ Underground people mover could link to Allegiant Stadium next year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618085356/https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/stadium/underground-people-mover-could-link-to-allegiant-stadium-next-year-2049757/|date=June 18, 2020}}, Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10 June 2021

In May 2023, TBC was given permission to build the Vegas Loop underground transportation system to 69 stations for a tunnel network of {{Convert|65|miles|km}}.{{cite news |title=Expanded Vegas Loop plans advance with commission approval

|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/jun/13/vegas-loop-plans-expand-further-with-green-light-f/ |work=Las Vegas Sun |date=13 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=Vegas Loop expansion: County approves plan to build 69 underground stations

|url=https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/boring-company-expand-vegas-loop |website=Interesting Engineering |date=5 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Elon Musk's The Boring Company seeks to double the size of its Vegas Loop

|url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/21/elon-musks-the-boring-company-seeks-to-double-the-size-of-its-vegas-loop/ |website=TechCrunch |date=21 March 2023}} It would include the existing LVCC Loop and extensions to casinos along the Strip, Harry Reid International Airport, Allegiant Stadium, downtown Las Vegas, and eventually to Los Angeles. TBC claims that once complete, the Vegas Loop would be able to transport more than 90,000 passengers per hour.{{cite web | last=Bellan | first=Rebecca | title=Musk's The Boring Company to expand Vegas Loop to 18 new stations | website=TechCrunch | date=2023-05-03 | url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/03/musks-the-boring-company-to-expand-vegas-loop-to-18-new-stations/ | access-date=2023-08-24}}

Due to operational expenses, it is probable that the Boring Company is subsidizing the Loop to keep customer prices low. A day pass from Resorts World costs $5, while the LVCVA is paying the Boring Company an additional $4.5 million annually, which equates to $7.50 per ride.{{cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=There's trouble below at Elon Musk's Boring Co. |url=https://fortune.com/2023/11/20/elon-musk-boring-company-las-vegas-tunnels-former-employee-interviews/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Fortune}}

In February 2024, Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found several safety violations at TBC, and fined it $112,000.{{Cite web |last=Lane |first=Tiffany |date=2024-02-27 |title=Nevada OSHA finds multiple safety violations at Elon Musk's Boring Company tunnel worksite |url=https://news3lv.com/news/local/nevada-osha-finds-multiple-safety-violations-at-elon-musks-boring-company-tunnel-worksite |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=KSNV |language=en}} The violations included eight serious violations from June to October 2023 and allegations that workers have faced chemical burns from sludge while working in the tunnels. Numerous employee accounts described the working conditions as "almost unbearable".{{cite web |date=2024-02-27 |title='We have consistently flirted with death': Elon Musk wanted the Boring Co. to build a tunnel system below Las Vegas. Former employees say they feared for their lives while working there. |url=https://fortune.com/2024/02/27/flirted-death-elon-musk-boring-company-employees-injuries-osha-citations/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Fortune}} The company challenged the ruling.

In March 2024, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors voted to extend the existing tunnel, and vowed to address concerns that arose over the OSHA violations.{{cite web |last=Nomura |first=Andrew |date=2024-03-12 |title=Elon Musk's Vegas Loop extension greenlit despite OSHA fines and worker concerns |url=https://news3lv.com/news/local/lvcva-votes-extend-vegas-loop-amid-workplace-concerns |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=KSNV}}{{cite web |date=2024-03-12 |title=The CEO of the Las Vegas agency behind Boring Company's first tunnel system says his team will be 'more involved' after safety incidents |url=https://fortune.com/2024/03/12/ceo-las-vegas-agency-boring-company-safety-tunnels/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Fortune}}

In April 2024, the Boring Company work in Las Vegas was named among the "Dirty Dozen", the worst workplace safety offenders in the US, by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health.{{cite news |last1=Gentry |first1=Dana |date=April 30, 2024 |title=Musk's Boring Company makes list of 'Dirty Dozen' workplace safety offenders |url=https://nevadacurrent.com/briefs/musks-boring-company-makes-list-of-dirty-dozen-workplace-safety-offenders/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=Nevada Current}}

In February 2025, the Boring Company and Roads & Transport Authority (Dubai) announced an agreement to build the Dubai Loop in the United Arab Emirates. According to the memorandum of understanding, the pilot phase will include 11 stations over {{Convert|17|km|miles}} under the most congested areas of Dubai, transporting 20,000 passengers per hour at speeds up to {{Convert|160|kph|mph|abbr=on}}. The loop is planned to expand to handle 100,000 passengers per hour. No timeline was given.{{cite news|last1=Choukeir |first1=Jana |last2=Saba |first2=Yousef |title=Elon Musk company signs preliminary agreement on Dubai Loop project |date=14 February 2025 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubai-signs-deal-dubai-loop-project-with-elon-musks-infrastructure-firm-2025-02-14/ |website=Reuters |access-date=20 February 2025}}

Inquiries and discussions have been held with the Boring Company for various projects.

In February 2021, Miami mayor Francis Suarez revealed that Musk had proposed to dig a two-mile tunnel under the Miami River for $30 million, within a six-month timescale, compared with $1 billion over four years estimated by the local transit authority. Much of the savings would be achieved by simplifying ventilation systems and allowing only electric vehicles.{{cite news |last1=Wile |first1=Rob |last2=Flechas |first2=Joey |title=Elon Musk tells Suarez he's interested in a tunnel for electric vehicles under Brickell Ave. Bridge |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article249037895.html |work=Miami Herald |date=February 5, 2021 |access-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211051623/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article249037895.html |url-status=live }} As of November 2023, the city is waiting for the Miami Dade Transportation Planning Organization to complete an analysis of the project.{{Cite web |last=Portero |first=Ashley |date=November 2, 2023 |title=What happened to the Boring Company tunnels pitched for South Florida? |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2023/11/02/boring-tunnels-south-florida-elon-musk.html |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=South Florida Business Journal}}

In August 2021, a preliminary concept discussion was held with officials of Cameron County on the potential construction of a tunnel from South Padre Island to Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. If built, the tunnel would be required to pass beneath the Brownsville Ship Channel.{{cite news |title=SPI-to-Boca Chica tunnel? Musk's Boring Company floats idea |url=https://myrgv.com/local-news/2021/08/22/spi-to-boca-chica-tunnel-musks-boring-company-floats-idea/ |last=Clark|first=Steve |work=RGV News |date=August 22, 2021 |access-date=August 24, 2021}} It would allow SpaceX's Boca Chica facility to remain accessible if Highway 4, its sole access road, was closed.{{cite web | first=Gaige | last=Davila | title=Tunnel from Isla Blanca to Boca Chica proposed by Musk-owned company | website=Port Isabel-South Padre Press | date=2021-08-29 | url=https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/08/29/tunnel-from-isla-blanca-to-boca-chica-proposed-by-musk-owned-company/ | access-date=2023-08-25}}

In 2017, Musk announced plans to build a Hyperloop connecting Washington, DC to Baltimore.{{Cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Julia Carrie |author-link=Julia Carrie Wong |first2=Sam |last2=Levin|date=20 July 2017|title=Elon Musk: I got 'government approval' for New York-DC Hyperloop. Officials: no he didn't|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/20/elon-musk-hyperloop-verbal-government-approval|url-status=live|access-date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418193153/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/20/elon-musk-hyperloop-verbal-government-approval|archive-date=April 18, 2019}} This was supplanted in 2018 by a proposal to build a route following the Baltimore–Washington Parkway.{{Cite web |last=LeBeau |first=Phil |date=2019-04-18 |title=Musk's Boring Company pushes aggressive Baltimore-to-D.C. tunnel plan despite skeptics |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/18/musks-boring-company-pushes-baltimore-dc-tunnel-plan-despite-skeptics.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=CNBC |language=en}} The Maryland Transportation Authority officially approved the project.{{Cite web |last=Muoio |first=Danielle |title=Maryland's Governor said to 'get ready' for Elon Musk's Hyperloop that will connect Baltimore and Washington D.C. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-hyperloop-maryland-larry-hogan-boring-company-2017-10 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} In 2019, a draft Environmental Assessment for the project was completed.{{cite web | last=Snyder | first=Tanya | title=Elon Musk's D.C.-to-Baltimore 'loop' leaps an early milestone | website=Politico | date=2019-04-17 | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/17/elon-musk-dc-baltimore-loop-1279708 | access-date=2023-09-05}} As of 2021, the project was no longer listed on the company website.{{Cite news|last=Duncan|first=Ian|title=Elon Musk's Boring Company removes D.C.-Baltimore tunnel from list of projects on website|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/elon-musk-hyperloop/2021/04/16/b340314e-9edd-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html|access-date=2021-04-18|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823172841/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/elon-musk-hyperloop/2021/04/16/b340314e-9edd-11eb-9d05-ae06f4529ece_story.html|url-status=live}}

In 2018, the company won a bid to build a high-speed link from downtown Chicago to O'Hare Airport, to be known as the Chicago Express Loop.{{cite web|title=O'Hare Express competition down to two – and Elon Musk is one of them|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ohare-express-competition-down-to-two-and-elon-musk-is-one-of-them/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325050559/https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ohare-express-competition-down-to-two-and-elon-musk-is-one-of-them/|archive-date=March 25, 2018|access-date=March 24, 2018|work=Chicago Sun-Times|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite news|title=Elon Musk's Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Train Bid|website=Bloomberg News| date=June 14, 2018 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/elon-musk-s-boring-co-wins-chicago-airport-high-speed-train-bid|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614081621/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/elon-musk-s-boring-co-wins-chicago-airport-high-speed-train-bid|archive-date=June 14, 2018|access-date=June 14, 2018|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|last1=Geuss|first1=Megan|date=14 June 2018|title=Chicago selects Elon Musk's Boring Company to build express line from O'Hare|work=Ars Technica|url=https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/06/chicago-selects-elon-musks-boring-company-to-build-express-line-from-ohare/|url-status=live|access-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614103635/https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/06/chicago-selects-elon-musks-boring-company-to-build-express-line-from-ohare/|archive-date=June 14, 2018|df=mdy-all}} As of 2021, the plan had been dropped.{{cite news |last=Farivar |first=Cyrus |date=8 June 2021 |title=Fort Lauderdale officials say Elon Musk's new tunnel to the beach can't come fast enough |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/urban-tunnels-musk-s-boring-co-draw-industry-skepticism-n1269677 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703130707/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/urban-tunnels-musk-s-boring-co-draw-industry-skepticism-n1269677 |archive-date=July 3, 2021}}

In 2018, TBC proposed to develop a {{convert|2.7|mile|km|adj=mid|-long}} test tunnel on a north–south alignment parallel to Interstate 405 and adjacent to Sepulveda Boulevard.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwX9G38vdCE|title=The Boring Company Information Session|people=Elon Musk, Steve Davis|publisher=The Boring Company|location=Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles, California|access-date=20 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520020750/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwX9G38vdCE|archive-date=May 20, 2018|url-status=live|medium=video|via=YouTube|df=mdy-all}}{{rp|25:50}} Public opposition and lawsuits led the company to abandon the idea.{{Cite news|date=28 November 2018|title=Elon Musk's Boring Co. drops LA Westside tunnel plan|work=TechCrunch|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/28/elon-musks-boring-co-drops-la-westside-tunnel-plan/|url-status=live|access-date=28 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128133124/https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/28/elon-musks-boring-co-drops-la-westside-tunnel-plan/|archive-date=November 28, 2018|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite news |last=Ho |first=Vivian |date=2018-11-29 |title=Elon Musk scraps plans for Los Angeles tunnel after lawsuit settlement |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/28/elon-musk-underground-tunnel-los-angeles-lawsuit |access-date=2023-03-24 |issn=0261-3077}} Also in 2018, the company proposed to build a {{convert|3.6|mile|adj=on}} tunnel called the "Dugout Loop" from Vermont Avenue to Dodger Stadium. {{As of|2021|June}}, the project had been removed from TBC's website.

In 2019, a link between San Jose International Airport and Diridon station, was discussed as an alternative to an $800 million traditional rail link.{{cite news |last1=Deruy |first1=Emily |date=February 5, 2019 |title=San Jose: Mayor in talks with Elon Musk's Boring Company for airport tunnel |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/05/san-jose-mayor-in-talks-with-elon-musks-boring-company/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206020548/https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/05/san-jose-mayor-in-talks-with-elon-musks-boring-company/ |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |access-date=February 6, 2019 |work=The Mercury News}} Plans were later dropped.{{Cite web |last=Kay |first=Grace |title=Elon Musk's The Boring Company was launched after traffic was driving the founder 'nuts' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-the-boring-company |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

In February 2021, the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) in California approved beginning contract negotiations with TBC to build a nearly {{convert|4|mile|km|adj=mid}} tunnel connecting the Ontario airport with the Rancho Cucamonga Metrolink/Future Brightline West train station.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-05 |title=Ontario airport tunnel project by Elon Musk moves to next phase |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2021/02/04/ontario-airport-tunnel-project-by-elon-musk-moves-to-next-phase |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416104120/https://www.dailybulletin.com/2021/02/04/ontario-airport-tunnel-project-by-elon-musk-moves-to-next-phase/ |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-16 |website=Daily Bulletin |language=en-US}} However, TBC did not submit a proposal after a third party was involved to study the project impacts.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-19 |title=Elon Musk might not build tunnel to Ontario Airport after all |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/07/19/elon-musk-may-not-build-tunnel-to-ontario-airport-after-all/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Daily Bulletin |language=en-US}} As of 2022, the SBCTA has plans to build the tunnel system using "another company more familiar with the state's bureaucracy to do the Environmental Impact Report".{{Cite web |date=2022-07-29 |title=San Bernardino County moving ahead with tunnel project, with or without Elon Musk technology |url=https://abc7.com/rancho-cucamonga-metrolink-station-ontario-tunnel-project-airport-elon-musk/12080190/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=ABC7 Los Angeles |language=en}}

In July 2021, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, accepted a proposal from the Boring Company for a tunnel between downtown and the beach, to be dubbed the "Las Olas Loop".{{Cite web |last=McFarland |first=Matt |date=July 7, 2021 |title=Fort Lauderdale accepts proposal for Elon Musk's Tesla beach tunnel |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/tech/musk-boring-fort-lauderdale/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054452/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/tech/musk-boring-fort-lauderdale/index.html |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-09 |website=CNN}} In August 2021, the city was beginning final negotiations with TBC,{{Cite news |date=2021-08-31 |title=Elon Musk's Boring Co. Nears Deal to Build Tunnel in Florida |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-31/elon-musk-s-boring-co-nears-deal-to-build-tunnel-in-florida |access-date=2021-11-01 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}} and Mayor Dean Trantalis estimated the total cost of the {{Convert|5|mi|km|abbr=out|adj=on}} round-trip tunnel would be between $90 and $100 million, including stations.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-23 |title=Fort Lauderdale's Mayor On The Tesla Tunnel That Could Be Coming To The City |url=https://www.wlrn.org/news/2021-08-23/fort-lauderdales-mayor-on-the-tesla-tunnel-that-could-be-coming-to-the-city |access-date=2021-11-01 |website=WLRN |language=en}} As of December 2022, the city suspended efforts to continue the project.

In January 2019, Musk responded to a tweet by an Australian member of parliament regarding a tunnel through the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney, suggesting costs of $750 million for a {{convert|50|km|mi|adj=on|order=flip}} tunnel, plus $50 million per station.{{cite news|last1=Connellan|first1=Shannon|date=January 18, 2019|title=Elon Musk does the math on another massive tunnel|work=Mashable|url=https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-tunnel-australia/|url-status=live|access-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232814/https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-tunnel-australia/|archive-date=January 21, 2019|df=mdy-all}} New South Wales' transportation department found that based on the cost of the Hawthorne tunnel, the estimated cost would be closer to $6 billion.{{Cite web |last=Weir |first=Matt O'Sullivan, Ben |date=2019-01-17 |title=Public servants run the numbers over Musk's 'bargain' Blue Mountains tunnel |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/public-servants-run-the-numbers-over-musk-s-bargain-blue-mountains-tunnel-20190117-p50rzp.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2019-01-17 |title=Tunnel experts dismiss Elon Musk's Blue Mountains plan as 'Alice in Wonderland stuff' |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-18/elon-musk-tunnel-idea-killed-off-by-engineers/10722930 |access-date=2023-04-07}} Work on the tunnel does not appear to have progressed beyond Musk's initial tweet, and is not listed on the company's website.

In 2018, the company began offering 20,000 "flamethrowers" for preordering.{{cite web | last=Horowitz | first=Julia | title=Elon Musk's Boring Company is now raising money by selling flamethrowers | website=CNN Money | date=2018-01-28 | url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/28/news/musk-boring-company-flamethrowers/index.html | access-date=2023-08-07}} The "flamethrower" was a blow torch shaped to look like a gun and is legal in all U.S. states except Maryland.{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/29/musk_flamethrower_boring/|title=Timeout everyone. Y'all know that Musk's $500 'flamethrower' is literally a Boring blowtorch?|publisher=Situation Publishing|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130021422/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/29/musk_flamethrower_boring/|archive-date=January 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} All 20,000 "flamethrowers" were sold in just a few days.{{cite web | last=Gibbs | first=Samuel | title=Elon Musk sells all 20,000 Boring Company 'flamethrowers' | website=The Guardian | date=2018-02-01 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/01/elon-musk-sells-out-boring-company-flamethrowers-fire | access-date=2024-03-11}} After customs officials said that they would not allow imports of any items called "flamethrowers", Musk announced that he would rename them to "Not-A-Flamethrower" since the devices were in fact akin to roofing torches. Musk announced separate sales of a fire extinguisher, which he described as "overpriced... but this one comes with a cool sticker".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/29/16948090/elon-musk-boring-company-flamethrower-california-sales-ban-miguel-santiago|title=California politician will seek sale ban on Elon Musk's Boring Company flamethrower|work=The Verge|access-date=2018-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204055415/https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/29/16948090/elon-musk-boring-company-flamethrower-california-sales-ban-miguel-santiago|archive-date=February 4, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}

In 2020, TBC released rules for a student tunnel-boring competition. The first competition was held in Las Vegas in September 2021. Officially named the Not-a-Boring Competition, the challenge was to "quickly and accurately drill a tunnel that was {{cvt|30|m|ft|adj=on}}-long and {{cvt|30|cm|ft|adj=on}}-wide".

Applications were received from 400 potential participants. A technical design review left 12 teams that were invited to Las Vegas to demonstrate their engineering solution in a September 2021 competition. The winning team was TUM Boring from Technical University of Munich who managed to excavate a {{cvt|22|m|ft}} bore while meeting the requisite safety requirements. TUM Boring used a conventional pipe jacking method to build the tunnel, but employed a novel revolving pipe storage design to minimize downtime between pipe segments.{{cite news |title=Musk's Boring Company Announces Not-a-Boring Competition Winner |url=https://interestingengineering.com/musks-boring-company-announces-not-a-boring-competition-winner |last=Paleja|first=Ameya |work=Interesting Engineering |date=23 September 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021 }}

A second competition was held in April 2023. New contest criteria required a {{cvt|30|m}}-long {{cvt|500|mm}}-diameter, this time with a turn radius. Five teams from four countries—the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, and Switzerland—made the finals and journeyed to Texas to compete. TUM Boring again won with a design that reached a maximum velocity of {{cvt|7|mm/s}}.{{cite magazine |title=Technical University of Munich team secures second tunnelling win in Elon Musk's Not-a-Boring-Competition |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/technical-university-of-munich-team-secures-second-tunnelling-win-in-elon-musks-not-a-boring-competition-03-04-2023/ |magazine=New Civil Engineer |date=3 April 2023 |access-date=19 June 2023 }} Swissloop Tunneling finished second overall and won the innovation award.{{cite web | last=Numbers | first=the | title=Swiss Hyperloop Team wins top prize for Innovation at "Not-A-Boring Competition" | website=AJOT | date=2023-04-13 | url=https://www.ajot.com/news/swiss-hyperloop-team-wins-top-prize-for-innovation-at-not-a-boring-competition | access-date=2024-03-13}}

Civil engineering experts and tunneling industry veterans questioned whether TBC could render tunnels faster and cheaper than competitors. Tunnelling Journal dismissed the company as a "vanity project".{{cite web | title=Fort Lauderdale officials say Elon Musk's new tunnel to the beach can't come fast enough | website=NBC News | date=2021-06-08 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/urban-tunnels-musk-s-boring-co-draw-industry-skepticism-n1269677 | access-date=2023-08-07}} The low capacity of TBC tunnels make them inefficient compared to existing public transit solutions, with only a fraction of the capacity of a conventional rapid-transit subway.{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Matt |date=2017-12-18 |title=5 reasons why experts are so skeptical of Elon Musk's solution for LA traffic |url=https://la.curbed.com/2017/12/18/16748436/elon-musk-tunnels-los-angeles-criticism-explained |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014335/https://la.curbed.com/2017/12/18/16748436/elon-musk-tunnels-los-angeles-criticism-explained |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=Curbed LA |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Andrew J. |date=2018-01-23 |title=The Boring Company's plan to dig a longer tunnel under Los Angeles is up in the air |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/23/16923220/boring-company-culver-city-council-tunnel-la |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191417/https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/23/16923220/boring-company-culver-city-council-tunnel-la |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=The Verge |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-05-25 |title=Why Write About Elon Musk? |url=https://humantransit.org/2019/05/why-write-about-elon-musk.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184825/https://humantransit.org/2019/05/why-write-about-elon-musk.html |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-07 |website=Human Transit |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Penn |first=Ivan |date=2018-12-19 |title=It's Showtime for Elon Musk's Boring Co., With a Long Way to Go |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/business/boring-company-elon-musk-tunnel.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224163647/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/business/boring-company-elon-musk-tunnel.html |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Musk's planned tunnels were criticized for lacking such safety features as emergency exit corridors, ventilation systems, or fire suppression. In addition, the single lane tunnels left it impossible for vehicles to pass one another in the event of collision, mechanical failure, or other traffic obstruction, and instead would shut down the entire tunnel section.{{Cite web |title=Tunnelling Journal April / May 2021 |url=https://tunnellingjournal.com/archive/tunnelling-journal-april-2021-may-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184340/https://tunnellingjournal.com/archive/tunnelling-journal-april-2021-may-2021/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-03 |website=The Tunnelling Journal |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|last=Walker|first=Alissa|date=2020-01-08|title=Stop calling Elon Musk's Boring tunnel public transit|url=https://archive.curbed.com/2020/1/8/21046929/elon-musk-ces-vegas-boring-company|access-date=2021-07-03|website=Curbed|language=en|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703165418/https://archive.curbed.com/2020/1/8/21046929/elon-musk-ces-vegas-boring-company|url-status=live}}

James Moore, director of transportation engineering at the University of Southern California, said that "there are cheaper ways to provide better transportation for large numbers of people", such as managing traffic with tolls. Public transit consultant Jarrett Walker called TBC "wildly hyped", and criticized how the company "dazzled city governments and investors with visions of an efficient subway where you never have to get out of your car, [but turned] out to be a paved road tunnel".{{cite web | last=Tangermann | first=Victor | title=In Seven Years, Elon Musk's Boring Company Has Only Drilled 2.4 Miles of Tunnel | website=Futurism | date=2023-11-29 | url=https://futurism.com/the-byte/seven-years-elon-musk-boring-company | access-date=2024-03-11}}

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• {{official website}}
• {{YouTube|id=zIwLWfaAg-8|title=The future we're building – and boring | Elon Musk TED Talks}}.
• {{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwX9G38vdCE |title=The Boring Company Information Session |medium=video }} 55 minutes, video of information session on the vision of the Boring Company and the project in Los Angeles, with Q&A.
• {{Cite web |last=Tegtmayer |first=Joe |date=February 14, 2024 |title=TBC TBM overview video |url=https://x.com/JoeTegtmeyer/status/1757733901622001871?s=20}}

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