Boring Company Breaks Through to the End of Its First Test Tunnel

The digging machine emerged at ‘O’Leary Station’ in Los Angeles.

By Richard Lawler | Nov 19, 2018
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We’re about a month away from the , and it appears progress is moving along. Elon Musk of a digging machine breaking through, and although he wasn’t specific about the location, it looks like they’ve reached where the first test tunnel will end.

Related: Elon Musk’s Boring Company will build a high-speed link in Chicago

The ‘Godot’ machine , and things have been moving along busily ever since. We’ll probably see people lining up for test rides after Black Friday. As the Boring Company , the point of this tunnel isn’t just to dig it, but also to show off the small elevators that are key to its “loop” concept and are small enough to fit inside a house.

Update: Just after this post was published, Musk congratulating his company on completing the LA/Hawthorne tunnel.

We’re about a month away from the , and it appears progress is moving along. Elon Musk of a digging machine breaking through, and although he wasn’t specific about the location, it looks like they’ve reached where the first test tunnel will end.

Related: Elon Musk’s Boring Company will build a high-speed link in Chicago

The ‘Godot’ machine , and things have been moving along busily ever since. We’ll probably see people lining up for test rides after Black Friday. As the Boring Company , the point of this tunnel isn’t just to dig it, but also to show off the small elevators that are key to its “loop” concept and are small enough to fit inside a house.

Update: Just after this post was published, Musk congratulating his company on completing the LA/Hawthorne tunnel.

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