Musk says Boring Co. is pursuing a 200-mph Hyperloop tunnel linking Austin and San Antonio — cutting a 2.5-hour drive to under 30 minutes
Elon Musk said on X that his Boring Company is working on a "simple, precursor Hyperloop tunnel" between Austin and San Antonio running above 200 mph, aiming to cut the currently up-to-2.5-hour drive to under 30 minutes -- though many of Boring's previously announced projects, in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York-D.C., have never materialized.
Musk wrote on X that "Boring Company is working on a simple, precursor Hyperloop tunnel between Austin and San Antonio (>200 mph). Due to traffic congestion, that journey can currently take up to 2.5 hours. Boring Company can reduce that to a consistent <30 mins."
Multiple outlets including Bloomberg and TechCrunch picked up the post, though no groundbreaking date, cost estimate, or permitting details have been disclosed.
The Boring Company currently operates the Vegas Loop, a combined tunnel-and-surface transit system in Las Vegas, and recently raised $3 billion in a round led by the UAE, nearly quadrupling its valuation. Past pitches for tunnels linking Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York-D.C., however, have largely stalled without concrete progress.
The Austin-San Antonio idea remains at an early conceptual stage, and it's unclear whether it will advance to construction. Still, some read it as a signal of deepening infrastructure ambitions in Texas, where Musk has concentrated Tesla, SpaceX and Boring Company operations.
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