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US politics
fromFortune
22 hours agoA meeting with the Governor's Office and an altered public document: How Elon Musk's Boring Company got three safety violations rescinded in 24 hours | Fortune
Nevada OSHA citations against the Boring Company were rescinded after high-level political intervention following firefighters' chemical burn injuries during a tunnel drill.
fromFortune
1 week agoElon Musk's Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped tunnel drilling fluids into Las Vegas manholes-and then 'feigned compliance' and was caught doing it again | Fortune
Clark County Water Reclamation District (CCWRD) claims that, this summer, Boring Company employees refused to stop dumping drilling fluids when inspectors arrived at its project site near the center of town and directed them to stop, according to the violation. The next day, Boring apparently "feigned compliance" only to continue dumping the wastewater after a company manager "assumed district inspectors had departed the property," according to a cease-and-desist letter.
Environment
fromTESLARATI
1 month agoTeslas in the Boring Co. Vegas Loop are about to get a big change
Tesla vehicles operating in the Boring Company's Vegas Loop are about to get a big change, CEO Elon Musk said. In Las Vegas, the Boring Company operates the Vegas Loop, an underground tunnel system that uses Teslas to drop people off at various hotspots on the strip. It's been active for a few years now and is expanding to other resorts, hotels, and destinations.
Silicon Valley
Environment
fromTechCrunch
1 month agoMusk's Boring Co. violated environmental regulations nearly 800 times, Nevada alleges | TechCrunch
The Boring Company repeatedly violated Nevada environmental regulations nearly 800 times, including nearly 100 post-agreement infractions, and received a reduced $242,800 penalty.
fromTechCrunch
2 months agoElon Musk's Boring Company suspends work on Vegas airport tunnel after 'crushing injury' | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's Boring Company has reportedly stopped work on a tunnel it's been digging to the Las Vegas airport after a worker sustained a "crushing injury" late Wednesday night, according to Fortune. Nevada's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has opened an investigation. The Clark County Fire Department received a call at 10:12 p.m. local time on Wednesday and dispatched an 18-person rescue crew to the site.
US news
fromTESLARATI
2 months agoElon Musk's Boring Company begins Tesla FSD testing in Las Vegas tunnels
In his comments, Hill noted that Tesla's FSD tests in the Boring Company's underground tunnels in Las Vegas have been going on for months. However, the full-self driving Teslas have reportedly not been carrying passengers during the tests. Interestingly enough, Hill noted that the FSD-driven vehicles have not had any incidents in the Boring Company tunnels yet, though safety drivers have been required to intervene "periodically."
Cars
Cars
fromFortune
2 months agoTesla self driving cars are being tested in Boring Co. tunnels in Las Vegas, but full autonomy is still 'a ways off,' Convention Center exec says
Autonomous testing of Tesla vehicles using consumer Full Self-Driving software has begun in the Boring Company's Las Vegas Convention Center tunnel without passengers.
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