Firefighters performing a safety drill at one of The Boring Company’s construction sites in Las Vegas received burns from chemicals used in the tunnel excavation process, according to a new report from Fortune. Those Clark County firefighters weren’t previously made aware of the potential hazard, but were permanently scarred, the report states. Employees working on…
US President Donald Trump has expressed interest in an undersea tunnel connecting the American state of Alaska with Russia – a project floated earlier by a senior Russian official to billionaire Elon Musk. “A tunnel from Russia to Alaska. That’s … interesting,” Trump said on Friday, when asked about the idea by White House reporters…
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has provided Mayor Freddie O’Connell 18 pages’ worth of responses to the city’s questions about plans to dig a tunnel from downtown to Nashville International Airport. But a back-and-forth between the parties in recent days highlights the complications of dealing with a boundary-pushing startup protective of its trade secrets while…
Elon Musk is trying to pitch a $760 million plan to build tunnels under Houston through The Boring Company, a construction business that the Tesla CEO had founded in 2016, according to a ProPublica report. He has been receiving support from Houston-area Rep. Wesley Hunt in this endeavor, as per the outlet. Elon Musk wants…
Elon Musk claims to have slashed billions of dollars worth of wasteful spending during his time as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—but his controversial role may have done more damage to his pocketbook than he anticipated. This year alone, Musk has lost some $80 billion in his net worth, bringing his current…
Donald Trump’s recent spats with Elon Musk – which included threats to deport the South African-born billionaire – have prompted speculation that he might move his business empire to China. That prompted Trump to write on social media earlier this month: “Elon may get more subsidy than any human being in history, by far, and…