Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight
By Daniel Rothberg for ProPublica and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las Vegas
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Reporting Highlights
- The Vegas Loop: Elon Musk's Boring Company is constructing a planned 68-mile tunnel system beneath Las Vegas where drivers will ferry passengers around the urban core in Teslas.
- Less Regulation: Despite its size, the project, because it's privately funded, has not gone through the vetting typical of public transit systems, including lengthy governmental studies.
- Musk's Worldview: Musk says regulation often ...