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The Boring Company’s Las Vegas transport tunnel meets skepticism from Monorail officials
The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel project is no stranger to struggle, and it appears that trend continues even after the company won its current contract with the city. Las Vegas Monorail officials recently voiced concerns over the engineering safety in areas where the two systems will intersect underground and lobbied for more oversight of the Elon Musk-led venture. Despite Boring’s objections, the Winchester Town Board which oversees the new tunnel project agreed to require regular coordination between The Boring Company, the Monorail officials, and Las Vegas’s Public Works department.
“The proposed underground people mover system intersects our existing system route, and it appears the presented tunnel alignment interferes with our existing columns for the Las Vegas Monorail system and creates significant concern regarding both vertical and lateral loads,” Curtis Myles, CEO of the Las Vegas Monorail, claimed in a letter to Clark County planning officials in June.
“When you have columns that would be this close, you’re not just concerned about contact with the columns, you’re also concerned about vibration,” a lawyer representing the Monorail clarified later. “The record has to be absolutely clear, if there’s any damage at all to the columns, it will shut the Monorail down.”


Jane Labanowski, The Boring Company’s government relations executive, objected to Myles’s concerns. “Noise and vibration [from tunneling] are imperceptible at the surface. We design our process to be deep enough underground such that a person walking [on the surface] creates more vibration than our tunnel-boring machine underground.”
The chairperson of the Winchester Town Board cited precautionary reasons for the new coordination requirements. “That way we all have a point of reference to go back to, just in case somebody forgets or doesn’t check in with other people…All of a sudden, someone gets to be a bad actor who doesn’t mean to be,” the chairperson is quoted as saying at the Board meeting where the recent decision was made. With construction plans finally approved, The Boring Company must now pursue permits to begin digging.
The board members of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LCVA) approved a $48.6 million contract with The Boring Company in May this year to build a transport tunnel under the the LCVA campus. The project will comprise one pedestrian tunnel and two vehicle tunnels connecting the campus’ New Exhibit Hall to the existing North/Central Hall. Construction is expected to be completed in time for the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and according to a contractor with oversight of the Boring project, public access will be limited to the tunnels during the CES event. “During CES it will be a little more difficult to have the public coming in and out than it would be for a [smaller] trade show,” the contractor said during the Board meeting.
To transport Las Vegas tunnel passengers, The Boring Company plans to use modified Tesla Model X and Model 3 vehicles which will carry up to 16 passengers each with both sitting and standing room. The cars will have autonomous operation, although a human driver will also be present as a safety precaution. Boring has estimated the system will be capable of transporting up to 4,400 passengers per hour.
This latest regulatory hurdle is only the latest that The Boring Company has encountered while pursuing the Las Vegas tunnel project. Earlier this year, LCVA board members Michele Fiore and Carolyn Goodman argued against the Boring Company’s project proposal, citing the startup’s inexperience and suggesting that the proposal from Austria-based Doppelmayr Garaventa Group be embraced instead. Doppelmayr’s proposal involved an above-ground transit system that would cost around $215 million to complete.
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SpaceX weighs Nasdaq listing as company explores early index entry: report
The company is reportedly seeking early inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 index.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly leaning toward listing its shares on the Nasdaq for a potential initial public offering (IPO) that could become the largest in history.
As per a recent report, the company is reportedly seeking early inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 index. The update was reported by Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter.
According to the publication, SpaceX is considering Nasdaq as the venue for its eventual IPO, though the New York Stock Exchange is also competing for the listing. Neither exchange has reportedly been informed of a final decision.
Reuters has previously reported that SpaceX could pursue an IPO as early as June, though the company’s plans could still change.
One of the publication’s sources also suggested that SpaceX is targeting a valuation of about $1.75 trillion for its IPO. At that level, the company would rank among the largest publicly traded firms in the United States by market capitalization.
Nasdaq has proposed a rule change that could accelerate the inclusion of newly listed megacap companies into the Nasdaq-100 index.
Under the proposed “Fast Entry” rule, a newly listed company could qualify for the index in less than a month if its market capitalization ranks among the top 40 companies already included in the Nasdaq-100.
If SpaceX is successful in achieving its target valuation of $1.75 trillion, it would become the sixth-largest company by market value in the United States, at least based on recent share prices.
Newly listed companies typically have to wait up to a year before becoming eligible for major indexes such as the Nasdaq-100 or S&P 500.
Inclusion in a major index can significantly broaden a company’s shareholder base because many institutional investors purchase shares through index-tracking funds.
According to Reuters, Nasdaq’s proposed fast-track rule is partly intended to attract highly valued private companies such as SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic to list on the exchange.
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The Boring Company’s Prufrock-2 emerges after completing new Vegas Loop tunnel
The new tunnel measures 2.28 miles, making it the company’s longest single Vegas Loop tunnel to date.
The Boring Company announced that its Prufrock-2 tunnel boring machine (TBM) has completed another Vegas Loop tunnel in Las Vegas. The company shared the update in a post on social media platform X.
According to The Boring Company’s post, the new tunnel measures 2.28 miles, making it the company’s longest single Vegas Loop tunnel to date.
The new tunnel marks the fourth tunnel constructed near Westgate Las Vegas as the Vegas Loop network continues expanding across the city.
The Boring Company also noted that the new tunnel surpassed its previous internal record of 2.26 miles for a single Vegas Loop segment.
Construction of the tunnel involved moving roughly 68,000 cubic yards of dirt. The excavation process also used about 4.8 miles of continuous conveyor belt, powered by six motors totaling 825 horsepower.
The Boring Company’s Prufrock-series all-electric tunnel boring machines are designed to support the rapid expansion of company’s underground transportation projects, including the growing Vegas Loop network. Prufrock machines are designed for reusability, thanks in no small part to their capability to be deployed and retrieved easily through their “porposing” feature.
The Vegas Loop, specifically the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop segment, has already been used during major events. Most recently, the LVCC Loop supported the 2026 CONEXPO-CON/AGG construction trade show, which was held from March 3-7, 2026.
As per The Boring Company, the LVCC Loop transported roughly 82,000 passengers across the convention center campus during the event’s duration.
CONEXPO-CON/AGG is one of the largest construction trade shows in North America, drawing more than 140,000 construction professionals from 128 countries this year.
The LVCC Loop forms the initial segment of the broader Vegas Loop network, which remains under active development as The Boring Company continues building new tunnels throughout the city.
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Tesla gathers Cybercab fleet in Gigafactory Texas
Images and video of the Cybercab fleet were shared by longtime Giga Texas observer Joe Tegtmeyer in posts on social media platform X.
Tesla appears to be assembling a growing number of Cybercabs at Gigafactory Texas as preparations continue for the vehicle’s mass production. Recent footage shared online has shown over 30 Cybercabs being transported by trucks or staged near testing areas at the facility.
The images and video were shared by longtime Giga Texas observer and drone operator Joe Tegtmeyer in posts on social media platform X.
Interestingly enough, Tegtmeyer noted that many of the Cybercabs being loaded onto transport trucks were still equipped with steering wheels. This suggests that the vehicles are likely testing units rather than the final driverless configuration expected for the company’s Robotaxi service.
The vehicles could potentially be headed to testing sites across the United States as Tesla prepares to expand its Robotaxi fleet.
Additional footage captured at Gigafactory Texas also showed the Cybercab’s side and rear camera washer system operating as vehicles were being loaded onto transport trucks.
The growing number of Cybercabs at Giga Texas comes amidst the company’s announcement that the first production Cybercab has been produced at the facility. Full Cybercab production is expected to begin in April.
The vehicle is expected to play a central role in Tesla’s Robotaxi ambitions as the company looks to expand autonomous ride-hailing operations beyond its early deployments using Model Y vehicles.
Tesla has also linked Cybercab production to its proposed Unboxed manufacturing process, which assembles large vehicle modules separately before integrating them. The approach is intended to reduce production costs and accelerate output.
Musk has also noted that the Cybercab’s ramp will likely begin slowly due to the number of new components and manufacturing steps involved. However, he stated that once the process matures, Cybercab production could scale quickly.