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While Tesla, X, and SpaceX Grab All the Headlines, This Musk Company Keeps a Low Profile - Really Low

Updated: 3 days ago

While Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and xAI grabbed the lion’s share of headlines in 2025 with explosive growth, Mars milestones, brain implants, and AI breakthroughs, one company in Elon Musk’s portfolio stayed remarkably low-profile: The Boring Company. Quietly digging tunnels and proving out underground autonomy, it has been the “boring” sibling — but 2025–2026 delivered steady, tangible progress that positions it as a critical infrastructure layer for the entire Musk ecosystem.


2025 Highlights: Foundations and Breakthrough Tech

The year was defined by scaling Vegas operations and launching new city projects. The Vegas Loop surpassed 4 million passengers across 11 stations, with the core LVCC system routinely moving thousands per hour. The Vegas Loop operates similarly to a typical underground subway system. Customers purchase tickets via a QR Code on their phone, and instead of riding trains, they hop into a Tesla electric vehicle, driven by a driver who takes them to their destination via underground tunnels and surface streets, all built by the Boring Company. Eventually, the manned Tesla vehicles will be replaced by driverless Tesla Cybercabs.


The Boring Company's ability to scale operations was enabled by the new Prufrock tunnel-boring machines, which saw major upgrades, including reusability features that Musk’s team called “disruptive.” Overall, 2025 was the breakout year for operational maturity and international expansion.


2026 Records New Tunnels, New Cities, and Real-World Tests

Momentum accelerated in the first quarter of 2026:

  • Vegas Loop hit new records. In March, Prufrock-2 completed a 2.28-mile tunnel — the company’s longest single drive yet — at Westgate, moving 68,000 cubic yards of dirt. The system safely transported ~82,000 passengers during the massive CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show (March 3–7), proving scalability.


Watch the full Vegas Loop experience 


Las Vegas plans to expand the Loop to Chinatown.

Chinatown expansion plans (News 3 Las Vegas)


  • Nashville’s Music City Loop officially broke ground in late February (“Tunneling has begun — we are 2.5 feet in!”). Team photos show impressive rock conditions inside the bore, with Prufrock-MB2 scheduled to ship in March. The ~13-mile system will connect downtown, the Music City Center, and the airport.

Local contractor employees stop Music City Loop work - Nashville Banner


  • Dubai Loop advanced rapidly. On February 3, The Boring Company signed a definitive construction contract with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority at the World Governments Summit — greenlighting the pilot phase.

First 4 stations for Elon Musk's Dubai Loop project revealed | Time Out Dubai


Dubai Loop concept and stations: Official project page visuals show sleek Tesla-powered stations integrated into the cityscape.

  • Innovation milestone: Prufrock-3 launched using “The Monster” — a revolutionary tilt mechanism that lets the machine bore straight from a parking lot with zero excavation pit or shaft.


How The Boring Company Fits Into Musk’s Grand Strategy

Far from a side project, The Boring Company is the underground enabler that ties everything together. Its tunnels are purpose-built for Tesla autonomy — narrow, controlled environments where Full Self-Driving (and soon unsupervised robotaxis + Robovans) can operate at scale without surface-road chaos. Vegas already serves as the world’s largest real-world FSD proving ground, directly accelerating Tesla’s robotaxi economics.


Long-term, the same Prufrock technology and cheap, rapid tunneling methods are training wheels for Mars colonization — underground habitats, ice mining, and radiation shielding will be essential on the Red Planet. On Earth, Boring is already linking Musk’s own campuses (SpaceX to xAI tunnels) and solving the traffic that could otherwise choke cities while humanity scales toward multiplanetary status.


In Musk’s words, tunnels turn 2D roads into 3D networks so we can fix Earth’s problems fast enough to reach the stars. While the other companies dominate the spotlight, The Boring Company is quietly laying the literal foundations — and 2026 is shaping up to be its biggest year yet.


Sources

Official Boring Company Sources

  • The Boring Company official Vegas Loop page — Current status, passenger numbers (>4 million total), network approvals (68 miles/104 stations), and operational details. https://www.boringcompany.com/vegas-loop

  • The Boring Company projects overview — Broader context including Vegas as flagship (operational + construction ongoing). https://www.boringcompany.com/projects

  • LV Loop passenger site — Ride info, hours, map, and real-time access for Vegas Loop. https://lvloop.com/

  • The Boring Company X account (@boringcompany) — Primary updates on tunneling records (e.g., Prufrock-2 2.28-mile bore), CONEXPO ridership (~82k passengers March 2026), Nashville progress, and safety/community events. Recent posts from Feb–March 2026. https://x.com/boringcompany

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