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Elon Musk: First Boring Company Tunnel Nearly Complete

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The first tunnel being built by Los Angeles-based Boring Company , a prototype tunnel meant to prove out its technology and feasibility of transporting people and traffic beneath city streets, is nearly complete, according to Boring Company and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. The tunnel runs approximately 2 miles under city streets.

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Elon Musk's Next Plan: Connect LA, San Francisco In Half An Hour

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Tech mogul Elon Musk , who has proved that you can, indeed, build your own rocketship to space with his success with Hawthorne-based SpaceX , said today that he plans to unveil a brand new transportation system called Hyperloop. elon musk angeles sanfrancisco' Image courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>.

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AECOM To Build Hyperloop Test Track For SpaceX

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A big Los Angeles area construction and engineering firm, AECOM , said Tuesday that it has been selected to build the first, Hyperloop test track, for a competition being run by Hawthorne-based SpaceX. READ MORE>>.

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Elon Musk's Vision Of Flying Cars, Submarines

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Los Angeles, high technology mogul Elon Musk is no stranger to grand visions (electric cars? So, his latest idea--making flying cars, and cars that can also be submarines--may not be all that far fetched. spaceships?)--many many of which he''s been able to turn into reality.

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Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inks Deal In Slovak Republic

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HTT, like similarly named Los Angeles startup Hyperloop Technologies, is also working on developing similar technology, as is a team from SpaceX, which is building a Hyperloop test track in Hawthorne , although SpaceX says it is not developing a commercial Hyperloop itself. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California's Top 10 Most Popular Tech Stories Of The Year

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA - In November, we wrote what was one of our most popular features (and most controversial), a list of what companies in Los Angeles were the top tech companies to work for. We have no idea. why (except widespread interest all year in the achievements of Hawthorne-based SpaceX, and.