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THE BORING COMPANY

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

businesshumor— Elon Musk on Not-a-Flamethrower sales, 2018
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If you can't go above it and you can't go around it, go under it. Simple as that.

innovationtransportation— Elon Musk on solving urban congestion, 2019
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Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.

entrepreneurshiphumor— Elon Musk, Twitter, December 2016
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The key to making tunnels affordable is making them smaller. A car is about 6 feet wide. Why are we boring 28-foot tunnels?

efficiencyengineering— Elon Musk, TED Talk 2017
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A snail is currently faster than a tunnel boring machine. We intend to defeat the snail in a race.

ambitionengineering— Elon Musk, The Boring Company website 2017
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The Vegas Loop is proof that this works. Not a rendering. Not a concept video. A real tunnel with real passengers.

executioninfrastructure— Steve Davis, Boring Company President, 2023