Tesla/Space X/Boring Co./Neuralink - Page 25

deerhoof · #**481** Posted **Apr 8, 2022, 12:59 PM**

The Tesla Giga Factory is now open as of yesterday

https://youtu.be/fiwUE_2JhvY

https://youtu.be/m255GJd3vlI

https://youtu.be/fiwUE_2JhvY

clubtokyo · #**482** Posted **Apr 8, 2022, 4:21 PM**

Lots of good skyline shots in the official Tesla video!

Sigaven · #**483** Posted **Apr 8, 2022, 7:34 PM**

Fireworks during a burn ban? Yikes

The ATX · #**484** Posted **Apr 8, 2022, 9:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

Fireworks during a burn ban? Yikes

Good point!

ahealy · #**485** Posted **Apr 8, 2022, 10:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sigaven

Fireworks during a burn ban? Yikes

Yeah, whoever made that choice is a weapons-grade idiot.

the Genral · #**486** Posted **Apr 8, 2022, 11:01 PM**

The fire dept. was on hand.

ahealy · #**487** Posted **Apr 8, 2022, 11:13 PM**

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The fire dept. was on hand.

Wellllll alright. Capt. Austin Healy approves

The ATX · #**488** Posted **Apr 20, 2022, 8:17 PM**

The City of Kyle is considering on hiring the Boring Co. to build a short pedestrian tunnel under a railroad line to connect two developments.

"The Kyle City Council was scheduled on April 19 to potentially approve the professional services agreement with Boring, according to council documents, but officials said that discussion will be delayed. The pedestrian underpass would stretch under the Union Pacific Railroad tracks south of Kyle Parkway/Farm to Market 1626. The company laid out a nine-step plan as part of the engineering process that would total $50,000 in costs and include a site visit, engineering studies and a delivered report.

"The pedestrian underpass will accommodate multimodal transportation options both slow and fast moving, including electric vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians," a preliminary engineering report stated. "The pedestrian underpass will connect people from the region to encourage multimodal movement to leisure and outdoor activities and integrate into the urban environment. The surrounding area will connect to a destination park, adjacent professional offices, dining, and retail options."

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...n-antonio.html

We vs us · #**489** Posted **Apr 20, 2022, 9:19 PM**

Boy, Boring is looking for revenue pretty much anywhere these days.

The ATX · #**490** Posted **Apr 20, 2022, 9:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

Boy, Boring is looking for revenue pretty much anywhere these days.

That would be a short little tunnel - training for new hire Boring tunnellers.

We vs us · #**491** Posted **Apr 20, 2022, 10:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

That would be a short little tunnel - training for new hire Boring tunnellers.

It's a short distance from tunnels to in-ground pools. Just saying.

StoOgE · #**492** Posted **Apr 20, 2022, 11:29 PM**

That's a murder tunnel/where high school kids will drink bad beer and get high.

Just put a grade level crossing. Its not like Buda doesn't already have 5,000 of them.

KevinFromTexas · #**493** Posted **Apr 20, 2022, 11:54 PM**

lol This is definitely not to scale. The Google Tower is 594 feet, and the Giga Factory is listed as 3,826 feet. Math.

ATX2030 · #**494** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 2:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by We vs us

Boy, Boring is looking for revenue pretty much anywhere these days.

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-...oduction-jobs/

By Maria Merano
Posted on April 20, 2022

The Boring Company (TBC) announced that it raised $675 million in a Series C funding round led by Vy Capital and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, 8VC, Craft Ventures, and DFJ Growth.

The financing values The Boring Company at $5.675 billion. TBC stated that the funds will be used to recruit employees, scale boring machine production, and build tunnels.

enragedcamel · #**495** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 4:21 AM**

Boring Company sounds dumb now, but it'll make billions once the surface of the planet becomes too hot and we're all forced to live underground.

lzppjb · #**496** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 5:02 AM**

https://www.teslarati.com/the-boring...el-kyle-texas/

Destination dining? It's all fast food. Maybe there's going to be more built soon.

H2O · #**497** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 11:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

https://www.teslarati.com/the-boring...el-kyle-texas/

Destination dining? It's all fast food. Maybe there's going to be more built soon.

Does UPRR know about this? You can't just cross their ROW (above, at surface or below) without a license agreement, and they don't hand them out like candy.

chinchaaa · #**498** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 1:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by H2O

Does UPRR know about this? You can't just cross their ROW (above, at surface or below) without a license agreement, and they don't hand them out like candy.

They do now! Hey-yo!

Novacek · #**499** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 2:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by The ATX

The City of Kyle is considering on hiring the Boring Co. to build a short pedestrian tunnel under a railroad line to connect two developments.

"The Kyle City Council was scheduled on April 19 to potentially approve the professional services agreement with Boring, according to council documents, but officials said that discussion will be delayed. The pedestrian underpass would stretch under the Union Pacific Railroad tracks south of Kyle Parkway/Farm to Market 1626. The company laid out a nine-step plan as part of the engineering process that would total $50,000 in costs and include a site visit, engineering studies and a delivered report.

"The pedestrian underpass will accommodate multimodal transportation options both slow and fast moving, including electric vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians," a preliminary engineering report stated. "The pedestrian underpass will connect people from the region to encourage multimodal movement to leisure and outdoor activities and integrate into the urban environment. The surrounding area will connect to a destination park, adjacent professional offices, dining, and retail options."

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/n...n-antonio.html

Best of luck to them, but Austin couldn't get the Bowie street underpass of the UPRR done with millions of dollars and decades of negotiation with UP. I wouldn't put money on them.

ATX2030 · #**500** Posted **Apr 21, 2022, 2:31 PM**

Could an underground tunnel by The Boring Company come to Austin?

City development officials met with officials in Las Vegas to better understand underground transportation tunnels like the ones in Sin City.

https://www.kvue.com/article/money/e...d-a56398cbe0d5

Author: Christian Aleman, Bryce Newberry (KVUE)
Published: 10:34 PM CDT April 14, 2022
Updated: 10:44 AM CDT April 15, 2022

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Ten employees with the City of Austin's Development Services Department (DSD) flew to Las Vegas earlier this week to meet with representatives from The Boring Company, the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) and their Clark County, Nevada, development counterparts.

The purpose, according to a spokesperson for the DSD, was to "understand best practices for permitting subgrade [underground] mobility infrastructure."