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Elon Musk built a tunnel company over LA traffic

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Most of us just swear at our steering wheels and accept our fate, but billionaires buy industrial drilling equipment. Frustrated by endless LA gridlock, Musk founded The Boring Company on a whim, intending to dig a sprawling underground transit network that mostly ended up being a neon-lit tunnel for Teslas.

Elon Musk built a tunnel company over LA traffic
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