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Elon Musk's Boring Company comes to Tennessee: The billionaires latest project
The Boring Company is bringing an underground, high-speed tunnel to Nashville. It's Elon Musk's latest business dealing in Tennessee. Here's what to know
Tennessee plans tunnel to Nashville airport with Elon Musk's Boring Company
Elon Musk's Boring Company will build a privately funded high-speed tunnel, the Music City Loop, connecting Nashville International Airport to downtown. While state officials and the U.S. DOT secretary expressed enthusiasm, Nashville's mayor raised operational concerns and some residents voiced skepticism.
Elon Musk's The Boring Co. to build tunnel from Nashville airport to downtown
Construction of the 10-mile Music City Loop is expected to begin immediately after approvals, with the project potentially operational as soon as fall 2026.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Tesla tunnels under Nashville
The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging company, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee have announced a plan to build a 10-mile “loop” that will connect Nashville’s downtown and its convention center to the area’s airport.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company reveals Music City Loop tunnel route through Nashville
Officials unveiled the first draft of The Boring Company's Nashville tunnel route on Thursday. See where it's headed.
Elon Musk's tunnel idea is popular around Nashville, but huge questions remain
Elon Musk has worked in outer space, but now he's got a plan for underground, high-speed transportation from the airport to downtown in Nashville
Elon Musk Is Digging Tunnels Under Nashville
Somehow, Elon Musk keeps convincing cities to allow him to dig under them. The latest locale to give The Boring Company the rights to displace dirt directly under their feet is Nashville, Tennessee, which announced an agreement this week to allow Musk’s firm to build a 10-mile “loop” that will connect the city’s airport and convention center—an arrangement that has modestly improved traffic flow in Las Vegas while turning the city into a laughingstock of the infrastructure design community.
Elon Musk company building $100 million underground transit system in major Southern city
The project aims to create a 10-mile tunnel that would allow travelers to get from downtown Nashville to Nashville International Airport in about eight minutes.
Metro sends a long list of questions to state officials about Elon Musk's Music City Loop tunnel project
Metro officials have questions for the state about the proposed tunnel. The Mayor's Director of Legislative Affairs sent a letter addressed to the Vice Mayor and City Council detailing the questions.
Elon Musk's plan to build Boring Co. tunnels in Nashville sparks partisan feud
It's called the Music City Loop, and the project marks Musk's latest effort to bolster his budding business empire in Tennessee. His artificial intelligence startup xAI, the parent of social media platform X, is building data centers and a power plant in Memphis, on the western side of the state.
Nashville mayor presses Musk's Boring Co. with safety questions on Music City Loop plan
Questions abound on The Boring Company's Music City Loop project — and Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell's office has submitted dozens of them.
Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee approves no-cost lease for launching Musk tunnel near Capitol
With little discussion, Tennessee’s Building Commission approved a no-cost lease Thursday for state property near the Capitol ...
Tennessee leaders vote in favor of land lease for Elon Musk's Tesla tunnel project
A controversial proposal to build a Tesla tunnel connecting Nashville International Airport to downtown is moving forward ...