Elon Musk's Boring Company Ghosts Cities Across America

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

ONTARIO, Calif.—The unsolicited proposal from Elon Musk’s tunnel-building venture arrived in January 2020. To the local transportation authority, it felt like finding Willy Wonka’s golden ticket.

Officials had started planning for a street-level rail connection between booming Ontario International Airport and a commuter train station 4 miles away, with an estimated cost north of $1 billion. For just $45 million, Mr. Musk’s Boring Co. offered to instead build an underground tunnel through which travelers could zip back and forth in autonomous electric vehicles.

Dazzled by Boring’s boasts that it had revolutionized tunneling, and the cachet of working with the billionaire head of EV maker Tesla Inc., the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority dumped plans for a traditional light rail and embraced the futuristic tunnel.

When it came time to formalize the partnership and get to work, Boring itself went underground—just as it has done in Maryland, Chicago and Los Angeles. Boring didn’t submit a bid for Ontario by the January 2022 deadline.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/elon-musk-s-boring-company-ghosts-cities-across-america/ar-AA14EscC

[LuvLoogie]

1. I remember when this was proposed by Musk in Chicago.

O'Hare airport to downtown underground, no intermediate stops . Rahm was Mayor at the time.

I knew Musk was full of shit then. He had no clue about Chicago, the customer base, the logistics.

There is already the CTA Blue Line.

He said less than 1 billion. Clueless dude. In many ways.

[Docreed2003]

2. Musk is a modern day rainmaker

He promises wildly improbable, magical results and laughs all the way to the bank