I can no longer find it. If anyone else can, it might be nice to link here.
"This thing you already hate is just as bad as you already thought."
Do companies run by Elon Musk violate ethical and environmental regulations much more often than other similar companies, or does it just seem that way as a casual news reader because it is more worthwhile for outlets to publish a story when it happens?
I'm open to the idea that they really are worse, it would be very "on brand" for Musk, but I wish I had a sense of the numbers
But it looks like they were, in total, fined for 800 or so environmental violations, which feels like a lot of violations: https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-...
The fact that Teslas can't navigate autonomously even in these controlled, enclosed environments is also quite embarrassing.
Tunnel cost is mostly dependent on the volume of material removed, which means that cost goes up linearly with length but with the square of the tunnel diameter. Trains and people movers tend to require significantly larger diameter tunnels, so their costs tend to be much higher. Also Boring Company tunnels don't need much infrastructure in them, so they save money on rails, high voltage power systems, rolling stock, etc.
They even derailed (no pun intended) a train link from Building 37 to O'Hare by offering to build a train station in the cavern already dug for a high speed rail terminal that may exist someday in the future. I don't think they ever did anything there but the city was onboard (damn a lot of idioms are train related huh)
They were trying hard to make a TBM that was faster than the current literal snails pace and cheaper than existing ones. It doesn’t appear they’ve had much success, though I’d rather they tried than just sticking with the status quo forever.
> The fact that Teslas can't navigate autonomously even in these controlled, enclosed environments is also quite embarrassing.
They can, regulations just don’t allow it yet. Coming soon (tm)
Stopping when inspectors are there only to restart once they leave is willful enough that you wonder why this doesn't go into criminal liability?
Which is stupid, obviously. If it's intentional/willful breaking of the law, send them to jail the same way you would for an individual.
This was their big expose back in January: https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-boring-company-...
We have the law and the police setup to protect the rich from any real rebuttal to this status quo so we're locked in.
ChrisArchitect•1h ago
Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45540585