{"id":25183,"date":"2022-06-22T11:22:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=25183"},"modified":"2022-06-22T11:22:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:22:39","slug":"elon-musk-boring-company-applies-dig-tunnel-under-tesla-gigafactory-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=25183","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s Boring Company applies to dig tunnel under Tesla Gigafactory Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk\u2019s Boring Company has applied to dig a tunnel under Tesla Gigafactory Texas in Austin, but it\u2019s unclear what they plan to do with it.<\/p>\n

The Boring Company has been in discussions with the state and municipal governments for several projects since moving to Texas, but as far as we know, they haven\u2019t moved forward with any of them until now.<\/p>\n

Now the company has applied<\/a> with the city of Austin to build a tunnel on the Tesla Gigafactory Texas property.<\/p>\n

The project is called \u201cColorado River Connector Tunnel,\u201d and the description is not really informative:<\/p>\n

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The applicant is proposing a private access tunnel along with associated improvements. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s the building permit application:<\/p>\n

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The Boring Company\u2019s main project is its \u201cloop\u201d in Las Vegas. A Boring Company loop is a system of tunnels in which Tesla electric vehicles move people between stations to avoid surface traffic \u2013 much like a subway but with smaller vehicles that have more flexibility about where to stop.<\/p>\n

The company has been exploring other projects across the US, but no other major project has moved forward.<\/p>\n

Since moving to Pflugerville just outside of Austin, the Boring Company has set its sight on projects in Texas, but this is the first time that it has moved to a building permit application.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s unclear what Tesla or the Boring Company plans to do with a \u201cprivate access tunnel,\u201d but Musk has previously made comments about Tesla using tunnels between its production facilities \u2013 more specifically between Fremont Factory and Gigafactory Nevada.<\/p>\n

The Boring Company also discussed a loop system in Austin to connect downtown, the airport and Tesla Gigafactory Texas.<\/p>\n

This might be the beginning of that project, or it could just be something for Tesla to use as part of Gigafactory Texas for its operations, or even for its planned \u201cecological paradise\u201d around the factory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Let us know in the comment section below.<\/p>\n

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