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THE BORING COMPANY

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Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.

originentrepreneurshipElon Musk, Twitter, December 2016

The key to making tunnels affordable is making them smaller. A car is about 6 feet wide. Why are we boring 28-foot tunnels?

innovationengineeringElon Musk, TED Talk 2017

We sold 20,000 flamethrowers in four days. The merchandise business has a better margin than the tunnel business right now.

businesshumorElon Musk on Not-a-Flamethrower sales, 2018

A snail is currently faster than a tunnel boring machine. We intend to defeat the snail in a race.

engineeringhumorElon Musk, The Boring Company website 2017

If you can't go above it and you can't go around it, go under it. Simple as that.

innovationtransportationElon Musk on solving urban congestion, 2019

The Vegas Loop is proof that this works. Not a rendering. Not a concept video. A real tunnel with real passengers.

executionproofSteve Davis, Boring Company President, 2023