Elon Musk Finishes Digging Las Vegas ‘Loop’ Train
Musk’s Nevada construction project has been smoother than Tesla’s factory reopening in California.
Elon Musk
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Not all of Elon Musk’s projects have been thwarted by the coronavirus pandemic. While the billionaire clashed this week with local officials over restarting production at a Tesla Inc. factory in California, his tunnel-drilling company hit a new milestone in Nevada.
A giant drill called Godot Plus broke through a wall near the spot where it will connect to the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event marked the final phase of excavation for the project’s two main transportation tunnels and will allow Musk’s Boring Co. to collect its next portion of a total $48.7 million in payment from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.