Musk says Boring Company plans 30-minute Hyperloop link between Austin and San Antonio

Elon Musk posted that The Boring Company is working on a “simple precursor Hyperloop” that would reduce the Austin-San Antonio journey to less than half an hour. The company’s account echoed his excitement, saying it would be honored to construct the massive infrastructure. Although The Boring Company operates a tunnel-based transport system in Las Vegas and recently raised a $3 billion round led by investors from the United Arab Emirates, many of its announced projects in Chicago, Los Angeles, and the New York-Washington corridor remain unrealized.

Musk’s statement was made in reply to an AI-generated video depicting a generic sci-fi future, which he shared as an illustration of the future he aims to create. Observers have criticized his vision as being heavily influenced by comic-book and pulp-science-fiction narratives, a point highlighted by historian Jill Lepore. The announcement adds another speculative venture to Musk’s portfolio of ambitious transportation concepts.