{"id":339482,"date":"2017-04-27T23:29:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1482389"},"modified":"2017-04-27T23:29:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:29:51","slug":"take-a-look-at-the-first-boring-machine-for-elon-musks-boring-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/take-a-look-at-the-first-boring-machine-for-elon-musks-boring-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a look at the first boring machine for Elon Musk\u2019s Boring Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elon Musk\u2019s tunnel boring company still isn\u2019t quite as well-articulated as his other three companies, which include the well-established SpaceX and Tesla, as well as the newly minted Neurolink brain interface company. The Boring Company has by far the punniest name, however, and now it also has some branded hardware \u2014 an industrial tunnel boring machine emblazoned with the company\u2019s non-nonsense logo.<\/p>\n

SpaceX engineer Steve Davis, who runs SpaceX\u2019s advanced projects division, posted to his Instagram page an image of The Boring Company\u2019s big tubular tunnel digger (spotted by Business Insider<\/a>), and the cylindrical beast makes it very clear that Musk is serious about his plan to wind networks of tunnels under dense urban development to help alleviate traffic and also give Hyperloop transit systems somewhere to run.<\/p>\n

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Musk\u2019s plan involves his typical MO \u2014 identifying an area where legacy incumbents are not doing much in the way of innovating, and instead are making good bank using legacy tech on plus-cost contracts with customers that have deep pockets, including the government. Musk told Bloomberg in February that he believes there\u2019s more potential in digging down under cities<\/a> than in trying to build networks of flying vehicles to exploit the air above them, as Uber is seeking to do<\/a>, in terms of both technical advancement required and regulatory roadblocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\" Elon Musk’s tunnel boring company isn’t quite as well-articulated as his other companies, which include the well-established SpaceX and Tesla, and the newly minted Neurolink brain interface company. The Boring Company has by far the punniest name, however, and now it also has some branded hardware — an industrial tunnel boring machine emblazoned with the company’s… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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