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Elon Musk in Talks to Bore Tunnels in Israel, Netanyahu Says

  • In tight election campaign, premier touts ties to entrepreneur
  • Israel seeking solutions for worst traffic congestion in OECD

A Boring Co. test tunnel in Hawthorne, California.

Photographer: Robyn Beck/AFP
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Elon Musk is in talks with the Israeli government to build tunnels in the country, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a campaign event this week.

Musk’s Boring Co. tunneling business could help boost much-needed infrastructure development in Israel, which suffers from a beleaguered public transportation system and the worst traffic in the developed world.