Why The Boring Company Is About To Take Over In 2023!

[@djsmithe]

A tunnel where trains can travel threw is called a subway. A tunnel where Teslas drive threw is called a waste of money.

[@MatthewChang-rq1bu]

Sucks too just only for teslas

[@jamesleate]

Through

[@NickMesiano]

Without a light train it is a waste. The tunnels are such a tremendous achievement but the vehicle choice is a disaster for the potential of this. It should be a light rail type train inside the tunnels.

[@GaminHasard]

Capacity for each car must increase. Or small bus. Or light rail variant

[@bigefresh2]

Agreed, light rail with paved roads so that during rush hour local buses can ride in the tunnels too. Similar to Seattle's Pioneer Square Station which is marvelous!

[@criscross572]

I bet the schoma loco was going faster whilst building it than the cars were going, definitely needs light rail.

[@Global_Dividend_Strategy]

Tesla is releasing a van that will be able to operate as a modular 'train'.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Luxor is our Egypt themed hotel.... It's got a big pyramid that's all open in the middle with a few thousand rooms in it... If you've never seen it, it's pretty cool.

[@benjaminmeusburger4254]

Building a tunnel over a period of 3 years for 12 cars to be driven by driver for distances you could walk in 5-10 minutes. Everybody involved should be ashamed and reflect on his/her live choices.

[@GamingMasterYT100]

If you think you could walk all that in 5-10 minutes you have never been to Vegas

[@massatube]

@@GamingMasterYT100 The tunnel is a death trap

[@massatube]

@NinjaDefiler YET !!!

[@keeganbrown9967]

I've said this a hundred times since the boring company first was formed. This is basically a subway construction company. 2-3 people per viechle is pathetic for moving lots of people very quickly. It would make far more sense to have an electric railed train or bus that can hold 50-70 people per ride. Or just go full blown subway and have a train that can carry 200-300 people per ride.

[@Danuxsy]

Yeah this dude is clearly a TSLA stock owner lmao, hyping up shitty projects.

[@jrsytchannel2022]

I'm imagining three tunnel systems that would connect eastern Washington to western Washington would really help bring the state together. One for i-90, hwy-2, and hwy-14. People would work on the west side but live on the east side, where it's cheaper and more spacious and circumvent much of Washington's precious forest and untamable land, not truly suitable for housing development within the Cascade mountain range. On the east side, the terrain is desert, more like southern Idaho, with vastly less trees than the west side. The boring company vision would be great for Washington. Instead of having to travel for 150 to 200 miles from the greater Seattle area in two and a half to three hours in order to reach Moses lake, The trip could be done in 20 to 30 minutes and that could also mean the third longest runway in the United States would have greater serviceability to the Pacific Northwest. All kinds of good could come from having a tunnel system of that magnitude in Washington.

[@sjohn893]

It's a road in a tunnel where you can't bring your own car. I would just add rails and make it into a light rail system

[@rexringtail471]

FYI if you aren't a Texan, the Mayor of San Antonio has a salary of $1 and no actual political power, he's solely a figurehead. The actual legislative/government power executive is the City Manager, who has all the powers a regular mayor does.

[@DoesNotConcernYou]

Why is that I wounder ?

[@ThePatriot2]

Can someone explain?

[@drippy_pics9086]

@@ThePatriot2 ones elected ones hired basically means they can hire whoever they want to do whatever to the city if not fire him kinda corrupt but I mean 🤷‍♂️

[@Alcazaralhambra]

You don’t know what your even talking about sit down

[@glennmartin6492]

The Vegas Loop is a joke. Stick some rails in it and run an LRT and you might have something. The only way the Boring company can succeed is if it can bore tunnels cheaper and/or faster than other tech. If it can then there's a huge amount of storm drain infrastructure that wil have to be upgraded in the coming decades. There's your success and the companies' fortune.

[@Tyranastrasza]

If you compare what's comparable, meaning, if you take into account the cross sectional area of the tunnel, the boring company is neither faster nor cheaper. It's the same as everyone else. So if you need a small tunnel, sure, go Boring. Otherwise, it's useless.

[@glennmartin6492]

@@Tyranastrasza Exactly. Not faster/cheaper = non-competetive. If they can do a certain size that could do storm water infrastructure better then they'll make a fortune but transport tunnels need emergency pedestrian tunnels next to the main one seperated by walls and emergency doors. They need utility tunnels, ventilation, power conduits, etc. A larger diameter tunnel with a central rectangular transport section with areas below the floor, above the ceiling and at the sides would better handle all this.

[@xc43t]

This so far sounds like the most American project. Other big cities can move a million of people a day in retro mobility systems such as metro. It´s an underground train. You can walk to the station and walk away at your destination. Not so in Vegas. You will need a car to get into a tunnel or some other not yet invented vehicle. A metro variant works for everybody, even poor people. A tunnel for Tesla owners works just for Tesla owners. I am quite certain this sort of a scheme would not be approved here in Europe. For sure it should not be funded from public money.

[@Stevekuberski1956]

So far Las Vegas is using Teslas driven by Boring company employees as a free service. It has 3 stops within the convention center buildings.

[@ericblanchard5873]

Teslas are driving people right now until they create the first Autonomous larger bus/van type vehicle to transport people in the boring tunnels, it will be like metro trains except not be on top of the land making too much noise driving by and taking up space and costing a lot in maintenance. The Boring tunnels don't take up space on top of the land. Also, if there is a natural disaster or a sudden war springs in your area, wouldn't you want underground tunnels as bomb shelters and ways to get around unseen? Just a thought.

[@KjtheGreatPro]

@@ericblanchard5873 the tunnels arent bomb shelters. Youd likely be taking shelter in a tomb.

[@AdAstra618]

@@ericblanchard5873 Electric locomotives are relatively quiet. Even a tesla bus wouldn't improve this shitty infrastructure. If Elon wanted to build something revolutionary, or just efficient, he could've done a metro/lite rail system.

[@NotOurRemedy]

Not true. The cars are replacements for the underground trains. Same infrastructure just replace the tunnel train with cars that are always in the tunnel. The logistics make sense in most scenarios. Not long distance and not at peak demands. But I’m off peak times this is truly superior to trains.

[@explorerofmind]

Modern humans have always needed tunnels, from drinking water, to managing flood water, to providing electricity and gas, to traveling. It’s simply an important job to be done.

[@Martinmack333]

Modern humans have had tunnels for many years...

[@peteryoung8462]

The passenger throughput of the existing Vegas tunnel is around 30 per hour. How long before he can double this?

[@starwarscentral]

On a non convention day maybe, given there's no reason to take the loop to the convention centre as the loop currently doesn't visit anything BUT the convention centre and the only people using it on these off days are curious tourists... Not really sure what point your making, they already tested the convention loop for passenger throughput and found it could handle 4,450 passengers per hour just using 62 Tesla's, with plans to increase that in the future with a larger vehicle. Not bad for a project that only cost $50M and was primarily funded by the Boring Company itself.

[@couch6691]

There is absolutely nothing revolutionary or disruptive about the boring company as tunneling is concerned. The capacity of the system is laughable!

[@abidd]

Driving an electric car that can burst into flame in a small tunnel. Sound great. Right?

[@jillybe1873]

The car is all turned off. Why would it set fire?

[@abidd]

@@jillybe1873 One: The cars drive through the tunnels. They nixed the little carriages to hold the cars. Two: Lithium batteries can burst into flame even when not in use.

[@jaeluatl]

These are for Mars and the moon…………… hats off to EM again ingenious ways of financing, his R&R for his future endeavors. Love this guy damn

[@budc.8172]

Imagine a city without surface level roads. In between each building is just grass, trees, and nature. Traveling distances greater than one can run/wall is done below ground via boring company tunnels. Access to building is all subterranean. Would be nice.

[@Supraboyes]

fiction

[@mrthebillman]

Imagine a car accident in an underground tunnel, which is too narrow to move emergency vehicles through, or get the thousand other cars out of the way.

[@xXxno6xXx]

@@mrthebillman parallel rescue Tunnel? just needs to be payed for

[@mrthebillman]

@@xXxno6xXx LOL! and another parallel tunnel to divert the traffic jam in the old tunnel?

[@budc.8172]

@@mrthebillman Just have access points that emergency vehicles can enter and then travel in reverse. Once the tunnel is blocked by an accident its not like you have oncoming traffic to worry about. Not to mention all the Teslas have positioning systems to communicate exact locations of all vehicles.

[@leanderthiessen4280]

one could even say it's ground-breaking research 👀

[@lIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlI]

these investors are suffering from tunnelvision

[@maakuw]

Having been to and lived in Vegas for YEARS, I'm sure they'll skip 2-3 stops in the middle and hit the major casinos. The rest are connected by beautiful walkways with outdoor attraction so you'd likely want to keep that going. I'm stoked about this. 3 stations on "the Strip" would be PLENTY enough to stunt at the Superbowl!

[@jambay4785]

For those not familiar with "Casey at bat for the mudville 9" Tesla won't always win the game but they will be at the plate to take another swing in the next game. Question: Does anyone know what position he played in the field?

[@shmoko1989]

What happens if one breaks down or if those lithium batteries catch fire and there is a need of firetruck to come through ?

[@peteryoung8462]

He has a team of robots ready to launch a rescue. Actually, its a team of dancing mimes dressed in white onesies, but you know, it's Elon.

[@shmoko1989]

@@peteryoung8462 would be interesting to actually see in practice everything sound great in theory

[@SiestaAgendaBajs]

How do you make your thumbnails? They’re great!

[@Davie506]

Just make a subway system

[@my2cents395]

If the Robo Taxi's can use the Boring Company tunnels that could change personal transportation in cities Rather than being stuck in traffic you could be going 50 MPH to your destination. In other words you could travel at highway speeds in cities.

[@spinnymathingy3149]

😂 Robo Taxis 😂

[@jacksonolson1721]

I'm a huge fan of electric vehicles. I think companies like Tesla and Rivian are really paving the way for good quality electric transport. When it comes to the Boring company though this just doesn't make any sense. Public transit like trains, trams, and busses already exist and carry A LOT more people at once compared to a car. Instead of building tunnels only used for cars, the money should be put towards revamping car dependent highways/roads. Infrastructure in North America can be redesigned to accommodate good public transit instead of trying to just move cars underground. At the very least the boring tunnels should be used as subways. Anything less is not a good use of taxpayer money. A phenomenal KZbin channel called Not Just Bikes does a great job at explaining how other countries have transformed car dependent transport into public transit/walkable cities. Having a blend of Boring tunnels with functional public transit would be a dream.

[@xXxno6xXx]

the point of tunnels is you could have multiple layers. you could have a walking /bike layer, car layer, subway layer... the use would not be exclusive to one technology. Any city would be able to order just the tunnels and use them as they please

[@shrikedecil]

1) The Boring company videos always point towards the 'minibus' style vehicle. Tesla hasn't finished "Automated", and the Cybertruck (which is suspected to be the base of any minibus) aren't available yet. 2) Additionally, there's room for plenty of **private** uses. SpaceX, for example, is having the Boring Company dig them their own freeway underpass somewhere.

[@jacksonolson1721]

@@xXxno6xXx The subway makes sense but anything slower, that you mention, like biking and walking doesn't. Being in a dark/damp tunnel for long periods of time isn't appealing hence why the only mode of transportation that uses tunnels moves quickly. Also I see what you mean in regards to any city being able to order these tunnels but with other viable options of public transit available I don't get why making tunnels is considered the ONLY option.

[@jacksonolson1721]

@@shrikedecil 1) I just looked up the concept of a 'minibus' and this is quite literally just a minivan? It looks to fit maybe 9-10 people max? Also this is still just another car. Large modes of transportation (40 people minimum) should be prioritized. Shrinking large modes of transportation quite literally just adds more vehicles to an already congested infrastructure. 2) I mean I guess private use is a way for Boring to sell their tunnels but creating them to work for the entire public is what brings in the most money. Better to serve millions of people instead of thousands.

[@shrikedecil]

@@jacksonolson1721 The key piece they're betting on is actually autopilot. Shrugs.

[@simonpannett8810]

Trouble with a serial disrupter is that he can disrupt his own companies!!

[@gary.richardson]

Multimodal transportation can see improvements with high speed boring links and can free up topside multimodal land for other investment ideas such as gondolas for tourism generating potential.

[@carl9901]

these tunnels will serve tesla well, it's nearly essential if you want to keep personal vehicles relevant in dense cities. No sane city dweller wants roads and parking to take up most of the surface space

[@iseja00]

TBCs tunnels will probably only be a novelty in some cities in the US. All other countries that want better transportation already has invested in tunnels, but bigger ones where larger vehicles can more efficiently transport bigger amounts of people. They are usually called subways or metro. Take for example Stockholm, with a population of around 1.5 million. There's 1 million travelers each day in the metro. These Tesla tunnels could never get that capacity without tunneling a lot more tunnels.

[@alanmay7929]

Public transportation is not just the tunnels but the fast trains! Intercity…. Even trams, bus….. and also actually roads where bikes can be used all the time unlike the us

[@iseja00]

@@alanmay7929 Exactly, and walking is a thing you can do aswell. Were in stockholm for a week and was suprised by how few cars there were in the city and how many people that just walked around.

[@alanmay7929]

@@iseja00 I’ve been in Germany for almost a decade an i can actually count how many times I was in a car something no American can ever say.

[@grumpusmaximus9446]

Wow what a bunch of geniuses here. Sweden is roughly the size of the US state of California, but 87% of Sweden's population is centered around cities, and has a population of a little more than 10 million and most of those cities were already well established before the invention of the automobile, so they did not have the infrastructure in place to accommodate their use on a large scale. Germany is roughly the size of the US state of Montana, and is well suited for a passenger train system as the distance between cities is not great. Due to the large open areas in the US and the fact that cities grew in conjunction with the increase usage of automobiles, plus in the US there is a large Suburban population that encircles urban areas..... well maybe it doesn't take a genius to figure out why cars are way more popular in the US.

[@alanmay7929]

@@grumpusmaximus9446 nonsense!!! You’re always trying to justify crap!!! The USA did actually had one of the very first public transport systems but no you have to to destroy everything! Make the suburban seven more which is a total ecological disaster tbh! Europe was way smarter to built and plant their cities and more.

[@spinnymathingy3149]

Well, let’s start with just 1 useful functioning tunnel, yeah a prototype that’s profitable , (need more than smoke, mirrors and neon lighting)

[@suzannehartmann946]

HOW do you get out in a breakdown of the vehicle. It is not if but when.

[@radarw64]

Think about Mars. The tunnel machine can fit in the StarShip. As for CyberTruck, all the electric cars, everything Elon does seems to point to Mars.

[@massatube]

He'll go bust before he can send anyone to Mars

[@ThunderTiger0801]

You dont solve traffic by increasing the capacity for cars. Houston or LA are the best example for this. You need to decrease the need for cars by providing high capacity public transport on rails

[@shipoffulls]

Public transportation is full of criminals and freaks and women can't ride without being hit on.

[@ThunderTiger0801]

@@shipoffulls Thats a culture thing. Most people dont know what respect and manners are. It works extremely well in Japan.

[@shipoffulls]

@@ThunderTiger0801 Agreed

[@tryck0]

METRO was invented 150 years ago , so let`s reinvent , but worst

[@Glasseh]

The hyperloop is a scam, and can't realistically work. And having tunnels where you are just jumping into cars to get between stations is also pretty stupid. Just having tunnels with actual trains is so much better. You're able to move more passengers faster, and you're able to keep a schedule for when the trains arrive.

[@ikajakonia8009]

the founder of the 'boring company' is the founder of the most popular car producer and that's for a reason, that after several years there will be need to remove 'car' at all, and Tesla will be able to do exactly that, several dozen years later!

[@BradHolkesvig]

I live in Barcelona where half the city is underground. They are continuously boring new paths for the metro ( subway ) system and new tracks for the trains under Barcelona. Once The Boring Company finally becomes the fastest way to bore new tunnels underground, they will be expanding worldwide under many of the major cities where automobile traffic keeps slowing down every year.

[@greggerypeccary]

7:00 You measure progress by number of stations built, but is it really equal to the rate of tunnel boring? Stations take time to build, so if the boring rate is faster, they could just skip some of the stations along the way and build them later.

[@markhooker8520]

You need stations to get revenue. If the stations are not where people wish to enter/exit, a boring project is just a large cost and low revenue.

[@greggerypeccary]

@@markhooker8520 My point is that they might be able to tunnel fast enough to have the stadium connected in time, just not have all the stations on the way. So you dig nd you initially only build every third station, then fill in the missing ones later on.

[@philliptemple9841]

The Boring company is genius. With Tesla opening up their SC network you start thinking what is their USP any more? As a Tesla owner, your autopilot can navigate using these tunnels. The robotaxis automatically leave a slot for you to drive straight in and out at your exit. If you could buy a car that would make your commute 20mins instead of 1hr 20mins, it's a no brainer. Sure it's 10 years or more away but it's the long game. Phillip.

[@YourMUMY]

Haaaaaaa. You carry on believing . Musk for president. With China and Russia in his pocket .... So what do you say to that .

[@philliptemple9841]

@@YourMUMY Musk has zero interest in being President. He doesn't even like being CEO. He wants to invent stuff. China has a marriage of convenience with Elon as Tesla is a pacemaker for their EV revolution. Elon and Russia can't stand each other. Especially as Elon destroyed their space industry. Phillip.

[@wdchapman1969]

This hyper loop for Vegas would be great....the Strip is completely being taken over by drugged out and crazy homeless people. I have been to LV probably 10 times dating back to the early 1990's and this latest trip just blew me away with how crazy and unsafe just walking around in the day can be. Some crazy guy recently stabbed and killed several people just outside the Wynn resort at 11am in the morning!! So to have a safe personal conveyance that can take you up and down the Strip and downtown without having to deal with traffic congestion would be a game changer.

[@AlphaMoist]

The hyperloop's only purpose was to shut down other public transport options that were going to be implemented. And it only succeeded in that purpose.

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

@@AlphaMoist Wish it worked for where I live. Our city has wasted so many Taxpayer dollars on a shitty system that's always breaking down. It's all corruption, kickbacks and money laundering of course.

[@Supraboyes]

yay, congestion undergroud. its a dumb idea

[@davis.fourohfour]

The answer is always: the rents are going insane and no one is being allowed to build cheap apartments, only single-family houses on a lot, or luxury towers. Number of people climb, apartments are impossible to afford or find, and you get homeless people who go insane. Another definition of these people: people who've can't afford to live ANYwhere. Artificially poor.

[@robertarmstrong7130]

The World Cup is much bigger than the Super Bowl!!! But your right there will be a big audience

[@eyobetsegaye5348]

Hmm maybe it can also stop them somehow, love L.A

[@thesilentone4024]

That stadium makes winds very bad around it and its very hot around it to i mean the whole building is black and the windows reflects the light blinding drivers all of this effecting freeway drivers.

[@amochswohntet99]

The verticality potential of tunneling makes this venture almost as compelling as space faring.

[@blackhorde22]

With this a Total Success = Mars will have a better life underground, since the surface of Mars is where you can't live yet.

[@chadwickbradbury8390]

It doesn’t matter yins when you get stuck you will be unreachable under ground good luck 👍🍀 with that you will see what miners go through um 😕 please try it out lol 😂

[@MrUtubeobia]

What did summer floods in Vegas do to those tunnels?

[@davis.fourohfour]

No one thought of that? They must use pumps. I'd use the old up-and-down water trap, but this is a prototype. Californian engineers do tend to think everyone lives in a desert.

[@KingLarbear]

It could help the water drain faster if it all ends up in the tunnel quicker then less water on the streets right?

[@JEFFLWALSH]

@@KingLarbear GOLLEY GEE, I AM NOT SURE BUT DONT THEY ALREADY HAVE AN UNDERGROUND DRAIN SYSTEM, DID YOOU EVER NOTICE THE MILLIONS OF STORM DRAINS ON THE STREET?

[@bootiemacarthur9182]

I actually think the boring company will be one of the early fixtures on Mars between a few necessary planet development structures. Starlink, Spacex , The Boring Company, The Mini Cars, and of coarse Optimus todo the work.)- It all fits!!

[@YourMUMY]

You are delusional.

[@bootiemacarthur9182]

@@YourMUMY If it is a success…..it’s called…CREATIVE GENIUS,,….Do you believe the world is flat? Can a jet fly itself ? Do drones have a pilot?

[@alanmay7929]

Nope that’s in your dreams, please come to reality

[@bootiemacarthur9182]

@@alanmay7929 To contradict someone is very easy without fact behind it…..Please tell us your dreams …..show everyone your creative genius.

[@thehalfricanguy]

That’s highly unlikely for multiple logistical reasons early on. Unless he’s able manage to build a fleet of thousands of Starships.

[@gary.richardson]

Las Vegas has a chance to showcase what kind of network can be built in subterranean mars. If it were me, I would pour more in subterranean arcitecture to foster more inspiration to invest.

[@jimmonsees9119]

The business case data showing how a 1-lane tunnel either relieves congestion or pays for itself/makes money seems impossible on its face.

[@jimmonsees9119]

…or a 2-lane (bi-directional) pair; or 4 lanes… Sure these would be achievable, but are they efficient enough to be sustainable?

[@stephenhumble7627]

So far it's about the most cost effective dedicated right of way transport system of any major city. Find me anything cheaper - good luck. I expect it will be the model for many future systems.

[@Kawwyke]

@@stephenhumble7627 never

[@eyobetsegaye5348]

Careful with fault lines

[@osmanhossain676]

I want to keep all the Amtrak trains all year and every year. 😢

[@CriX098]

So insane to me that anyone could be opposed to this. Who doesn't want to get to from A to B quickly and cheaply?

[@fyme01]

Or we could use trains that go 3x the speed are cheaper because of the fact that we only need one body and are better for the environment it would be better.

[@BlameVideoGames]

Seems only sane people are opposed to this. This would only make sense if there were just 50 people living in the city. Just put a damn train in the tunnel ffs

[@ladasodaexplains3355]

imo, before there are traintracks or vans running instead of regular sedans, this is a bad idea

[@Uncommonsensetoo]

Would it not be nice if for once in history companies and governments could get together and agree on a universal standard like a standard charging port for all electric vehicles???

[@massatube]

EE-Long is a Fake car salesman

[@davis.fourohfour]

Needs "traincars". Special Tesla four-wheel vehicle, a tubular "train" about sixty feet long, to emulate mass transit train cars in the tunnels. Self-driving. Able to transport 100 people or so, more if standing room is used. Traincars could move alone, or move in packs, emulating normal transit trains. Traincars could, in a pinch, leave the tunnels and proceed to the street and act as buses. The distinction would lose its meaning. Traincars could have several models, including sleeper trains and other Orient Express modes for traveling across country. An important innovation, to speed up loading and unloading: "porpoise" the tunnel up to ground level to transit stations that are outside, and not needing escalators, elevators, and other unguardable things homeless people use as an outhouse. Just walk up to the opening doors and stroll in, sit down. A REAL important innovation would be to get rid of the fares. That way, the cattle chutes and guards normally used could go. Tesla traincars could go under lakes, though mountains, even a bit under oceans. They could even be laid underwater, tethered with cables. It's a change that could end planes, eventually, but not if they are built as for-pay private highways for the wealthy. To avoid that, some smart people should hire Boring to make it come true. Boring will build it to your specifications. Tesla prefers cars; that's them, it doesn't have to be like that.

[@TheRealTomahawk]

Technically he’s selling “not a flamethrower”

[@josephlgamblejr9560]

Listen this man is the only person on the planet trying to come up with new innovations the last person who was the founder of Apple what are we only getting one person per decade we got to do better mankind

[@davidsalisbury50]

Elon good punctuation bad

[@raymondpaul123]

Las Vegas is cool but you’ve got to be careful or you can spend a lot of money. and these days prices are going up. The most annoying thing about it is the resort fee. you might get a decent $60 room during the week but you’ll pay a $40 resort fee every night. anyway, it’s a blast. Cirque du Soleil is amazing. Other shows are amazing. Walking around the city people watching. Docking at the art in the buildings in the glass in the architecture. It’s pretty cool. gambling is fun. Don’t take too much money and only blow what you can afford to lose. blah blah blah Viva Las Vegas.

[@ALK_sundays]

Can wait tell all the commets and like start rolling in on this video

[@jdotmay]

Comments seem to forget that the majority of Boring projects are proofs of concept for the most part. If there's one thing Elon has demonstrated the ability to do is scale an idea into reality. Yes, most boring projects usable today lack any ability to truly solve issues. But the potential use cases for this company which can do what it does for record breaking prices when compared to other similar projects. I think that if done right this company could truly begin to change the world in which we live in within the next several decades.

[@dwaynethemineraljohnson412]

Only thing they proofed is that the metro is still better even though it is more than a 100 years old. If it's not broken don't fix it

[@Jay-jq6bl]

He had better scale up the diameter of the tunnels.

[@curtiswfranks]

How long does it take to make an operational boring machine? Can they speed things up by using more of them?

[@keithb7981]

Even their newest technology machine moves at snail Pace or slightly slower in most soil so the only way to speed things up is if they can produce a bunch of the newest technology boring devices and put them to use drilling from different directions toward each other

[@ronaldbrooks3649]

Why bore cities when underground access for mining critical and strategic minerals is required to safeguard those cities?

[@davejoson1100]

The Boring Company could be the largest Elon Musk company under 2 conditions 1. government regulation approval 2. 16+ Passenger Tesla Shuttle that fits in The Boring Tunnel.

[@allanmarks2150]

What are the dollar economic benefits of constructing a tunnel using the Boring Company method, compared to building tunnels using the traditional constriction methods.

[@SALSN]

Cheaper and faster as far as I understand, not sure about how much faster or cheaper it is at the moment though.

[@shrikedecil]

Seattle's 4x lanes of viaduct-to-tunnel state highway a decade or so ago was supposed to cost $8 billion for 8 miles and took a decade. (I've never dared to look up the actual finished price, I moved) 4x8 -> 32 miles. The last numbers I heard from the Boring Company was $100 million per mile. I don't know if they've adjusted that, but looking at the proposal discussed in *this* video, "lower" seems the correct direction. But.32 x 100 -> $3.2 billion is still "lower", even if they didn't adjust it down from there.

[@andrewfranklin4429]

@@shrikedecil the Boring Co price per mile for a single tunnel is $10m while a dual bore tunnel is $20m per mile, so significantly less than traditional tunnels and subway construction.

[@anthonydentice8180]

i heard 7 to 11 times cheaper if the soil is good for structure n not to just sell

[@davidsalisbury50]

As the material costs are effectively fixed and wages are the same I don’t see how TBC can build any cheaper than a conventional contractor. Making a much faster TBM would only lead to a 10-15% saving if at all as the maintenance. OST on such a machine would be very high. Smaller tunnels are cheaper, but they don’t move as many people. Stations are the largest cost. If you just build a hole in the ground serviced by a pair of escalators (LVCC Loop style) or even just surface taxi ranks it keeps the cost down. But the capacity is obviously reduced.

[@roxaskinghearts]

Pin please Fun Fact Teslas has something more powerful with this boring company a gun to shoot anything we want into space even to re enter earth orbit in another country cutting gas costs to 0

[@osmanhossain676]

Diesel trains, commuter trains, electric trains, passenger trains, freight trains, light rail trains and more.😢

[@etdna9219]

Never been to Vegas. Now that’s a doozy

[@Dam262a]

Being from San Antonio they need to take this offer. San Antonio is boring, perfect match. Haha but no really this would be perfect, why not! The mayor is stupid not to take the offer!

[@mariolis]

Dont forget the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix !!!!

[@jimysk8er]

As long as any alternate form of transport has a significantly lower carbon footprint than planes or a net zero or better while also being faster and or cheaper than planes, it will be the future of travel. A very good proof of concept would be to be a better choice to use for travel between two cities.

[@peps_vinyl]

trains

[@jimysk8er]

@@peps_vinyl they aren't faster and they are only cheaper in countries where they put in the effort. But yes trains would be wonderful and easy to make green

[@richardlai465]

NO ventilation and escape routes can cause a disaster when accidents happen.

[@rolflandale2565]

Boring realm *must* expand. The Boring mech may need to be twice the width, offering a two way or expanded lanes + private pedestrian trams/trains over & under the pipe flow. *There is no way offer express, if demand out ways into congestion* -instigating expansion.

[@flattire707]

LV is far beyond cool.

[@bbirda1287]

Showing a subway car is misleading, the Boring machines do not cut holes wide enough to fit a subway car, you can barely fit a Tesla car through there, and they refuse to make them bigger (check out the Boring website). There are plenty of actual viable companies out there doing this work, the company that dug the extensions to the Tube in London are one, and that company is currently working on contracts in the US. Boring company has no contracts and it is not a serious company. My thought is it has to be a money loser to dodge taxes for the overall corporation. Fanboys gotta take a chill pill and wake up that Elon is not right all the time.

[@benjaminvalentin8741]

Glasgow Metro has smaller tunnels than the ones created by the Boring Company. It runs trains just fine

[@carllelendt5452]

I think the Boring Co. tunnels, specially adapted to function as underground aqueducts, might be able to bring ocean water into (and out of) the Salton Sea to get that area back on track commercially, recreationally etc.. The sea needs a quality source of water to restore it.. It's a desolate, economically decayed "low desert" area south of Palm Springs. The Salton Sea has huge potential in my opinion, with the right engineering and vision for developing the Sea and it's surrounding low desert region.

[@ericblanchard5873]

That's a hell of an idea. You win 1st prize...or you should win 1st prize for that idea alone. 💡 1 Million Dollars just to you for the Idea, tell Elon Musk!

[@carllelendt5452]

@@ericblanchard5873 My guess is that scientists etc. with the Musk Co. has already crosshaired the Salton Sea situation some time ago, sifted through it, and rejected it outright or back-burnered it (not at the top of their "to do" list) due to likely environmental impact related concerns.

[@josephlgamblejr9560]

I predict in the next 5 10 years Elon and all his companies are going to become so big that governments are going to try to break him away from those companies and break those companies up it’s inevitable he better be built in the army as well

[@kieranmason2404]

Bro unironically wants to live in blade runner

[@massatube]

EE-Long will go bust within 5 years

[@charlesrovira5707]

How much do you want to bet the first pair of *Boring Company* tunnels in *Austin Texas* will be between the *GigaTexas* factory and the *rail depot.* They will be big enough to fit car carriers and be hauled by *Tesla Semis.*

[@mrthebillman]

Because the roads which already exist, are too ...?

[@shrikedecil]

I *think* I heard the Boring Company is building SpaceX an underpas under a freeway somewhere in TX. (Not sure it was TX thous).

[@joshlewis575]

Don't hold your breath

[@jg5875]

This video is very wrong. The make and break for Boring is not a singular event like the Super Bowl with a limited tunnel. What will make Boring succeed is if they can demonstrate that they can replace traditional and *large* tunneling projects with a method that is faster and cheaper. The loop they already have in Vegas is small, only uses auto-driving Teslas, and is considered a bit of a gimmick.

[@zaxxon4]

I just hope that he Equips the cars with a projector, to show the same projection as we saw in Willy Wonka.

[@alanmay7929]

Nonsense

[@danarud3471]

@@alanmay7929 hmm to point out something obvious. It’s a tunnel. And people might try to tag the place 😂if they don’t add some type of art.someone will.that’s kinda jsut how it goes.and that could cause an accident.calling it now.

[@AlexFoster2291]

They really need to run a boardwalk style tram inspired vehicle through the tunnels, or a rollercoaster inspired train through. 4-5 passengers per vehicle is just silly

[@alx-vla4986]

Who says it is not already in the pipeline?

[@mikeruchington4882]

So a train?

[@serinahadjadj4661]

A crazy rollercoaster look will be much cooler

[@AlexFoster2291]

@@alx-vla4986 Pun intended?

[@alx-vla4986]

@@mikeruchington4882 What would be the difference between a train, a bus or a tram and a new kind of electric transporter or car that fit in the boring tunnels? A tram could do anyway...

[@jaytrump2537]

LONG LIVE ELON MUSK

[@stephenhumble7627]

If they can add vehicles with more passengers and autonomous self driving then it's sure going to succeed. Once they solve that it's going to kick off a new transport mode for crowded city's that is flexible, fast and cheap it had huge potential. There are probably hundreds of large city's in the world where they could do business both augmenting existing bus, rail and subway systems and green field situations like Las Vegas where loop is the only dedicated right of way transport system.

[@alanmay7929]

Nope it’s not possible with those crappy small tesla to even come near to a stadium! Bus and trams are the way to go.

[@stephenhumble7627]

@@alanmay7929 The loop tunnels can go anywhere and they can build a station almost any place required.

[@alanmay7929]

@@stephenhumble7627 lol….. anywhere where!?

[@kieranmason2404]

Adding vehicles with more passengers? Like a train car? Autonomous self-driving? What about guiderails one the ground? New technology? What if I told you we've had this technology for decades?

[@jamesleate]

​@@stephenhumble7627And yet they had to move the route of their failure tunnel because they didn't have permission of the land owners. If one company says "no, you can't build a tunnel under my property", you have to re-route. Imagine going from one side of a city to another and having to negotiate for every 150 feet whilst deviating whenever they don't receive permission.

[@LegionOfShrooms]

Vegas is awesome whatever you want they have.

[@Jay-jq6bl]

If I was the mayor of San Antonio I'd tell him no way, even if paid for entirely by Tesla, unless you can fit a train in the tunnel. Otherwise it's too small to be of much use and just getting in the way.

[@jillybe1873]

Boring should be the Eurotunnel asap

[@wildmonkey2409]

We could’ve had high speed railways by now but thankfully Elon invented a fucking tunnel

[@mrthebillman]

Elon thinks he invented lots of stuff.

[@jojones9194]

At the very least, it will be Mars Subterranean Transport (MST) 1.0 The machines move slower than snails, but 6-10 of them all boring at the same time (per city), in several cities would be the key to making this fly on Earth. The amount of machines them self, are the limiting factor.

[@davis.fourohfour]

Yep. With a hundred machines each doing a mile a week, they can lay tunnel from coast to coast in less than a year. Then wheel and build another road. And another. And another. A few thousand machines can transform a nation in less than a decade.

[@brett4264]

If you like wall to wall people, vegas is ok. Personally, my favorite part of my vegas visit was the helicopter ride into the grand canyon.

[@jtjames79]

Not A Flamethrower, is not a flamethrower.

[@KingLarbear]

Lol

[@fadelfungames4024]

this is elon musk we are taking about nothin will take over until another decade

[@gretco1]

The Boring company . Go Tesla woohoo 😎🌎🌍 Musk-eteer

[@coastalfog809]

Will it fit inside the starship?

[@brucemoller7012]

They certainly have the ability, just need to be allowed to share the capability with the right community that will appreciate the benefits. The people will love the benefits without paying tax for them, it just comas down to convincing the politicians its a good thing.

[@Indecisive7337]

Who likes to stand in a Queue...especially when the weathers bad? Who'd prefer to go by tunnel? Hmm, pretty obvious the answer isn't it!

[@3Mores]

If they can build a circular hyper loop large enough to transport a rocket ship, then the rocket ship could be spun up to speeds close to the escape velocity of earth. Exiting the hyperloop tunnel at escape velocity would mitigate the need to carry huge amounts of rocket fuel into space and still achieve orbit.

[@danielgeorgezlateff2036]

I’m bored too Let’s dig up the past

[@KingLarbear]

I just realized what you did lol

[@hgm8337]

'the easiest fastest cheapest way to travel',... cuts to pictures of trains... exactly. Not that dumb drain full of model 3's. I guarantee that people are not saying that fire trap is ''pretty cool''. Kindly tell us what secret sauce the boring company has with their tunnel digging machine? Spoiler alert engineers have been digging tunnels for centuries.

[@billstremmel7219]

Myopic absolutism should be avoided in planning infrastructure and in public policy, generally. Tunnels make sense in congested areas with favorable soil conditions and without overwhelmingly complex underground utilities, and where elevated guideways are not favored for aesthetic and other considerations. Good in Vegas; not so great in Chicago or Los Angeles. Also to weighed is lack of solar energy and that rubber tires are Less efficient than steel-wheel-upon-steel-rail that remained the most efficient means of moving mass over land. Emerging Ultra-light rail technologies can run at-grade or elevated totally powered by solar and in same demand-responsive mode as Boring Company Teslas. No point in digging tunnels where surface right-of-way is available.

[@joelcoll4034]

Its basically private subway

[@JorgeLausell]

Why can't they build out from each of the stations, maybe an emergency exit for the longer sections, along the route, in opposite directions, at the same time? Get it done with urgency.

[@rolflandale2565]

Interesting questions, essentially the realm must expand. The Boring mech may need to be twice the width, offering a two way or expanded lanes + private pedestrian trams over & under the pipe. Thus exit/dodging routes. There is no way offer express, if demand out ways iinto congestion, so a underground realm *will* require expansion

[@trizzybones]

The limiting factor would be how many tunnel boring machines they have and/or can produce to get the job done, plus using simultaneous crews, all of which requires funding, supplies and logistics.

[@JorgeLausell]

@@trizzybones yeah. Considering everything, they got as many as they want to build. Even if this brings more to this project than they would field in future jobs/mile, those machines would be split off to do those jobs, while getting this one done. The question is with what level of urgency are they going to approach execution. I vote go, go hard. Build more Boring machines! Again, even if they bring 10x the equipment and crew that they would normally, they'd get this job done quicker, train more crew all at once, then move off to 5-10 more jobs. They literally cannot make too many Boring machines.

[@trizzybones]

@@JorgeLausell I agree, but I don't know the business strategy they're using and what limitations they have on making TBMs. They're complex machines and they're continually refining the tech so I'd imagine it takes a while to build each one. But I was thinking the same thing, build more machines and get it done faster. It just depends on if it works for their economics and supply chain.

[@JorgeLausell]

@@trizzybones Yeah. I say, get the supply chain working. Moreover, you can think out where to place the place to make them. Expand, sure. Maybe India w/a lower import tax for cars? TBMs are needed here for more than mere transpo and are needed in Luna & Mars. Let's do it!!!

[@prismarinepanda6960]

It’s gonna take five years for a six station skytrain extension in Vancouver lol