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The Boring Company tests its ‘Teslas in Tunnels’ system in Las Vegas

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company started shuttling passengers through the twin tunnels it built underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) this week, as part of a test to get the system ready for its full debut in June. Test riders then hopped in, went to one of the other two stations, and repeated. million ($48.6

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company finishes digging Las Vegas tunnels

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The Boring Company’s test tunnel in Hawthorne, California. Elon Musk’s Boring Company has completed digging a second tunnel underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center, marking the end of the first phase of the $52.5 million project to build a “people-mover” system to shuttle visitors from one side of the venue to the other.

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Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

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For the first time, two people rode a hyperloop pod through a nearly airless tube at 100 mph Virgin Hyperloop announced that for the first time it has conducted a test of its ultra-fast transportation system with human passengers. The DevLoop test track is 500 meters long and 3.3 It’ll be a bit short,” Giegel said before the test.

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Get More Out of AI, Start Chatting

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Build a mentorship program with ChatGPT as a matching assistant. If you’ve been looking for an initiative to spark interdepartmental collaboration, a chatbot would be a good test case. The decision to outsource or build your bot narrows the options. Associations could take a lesson in customer delight from Las Vegas.

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Nuro is building a factory and test track in Nevada for its autonomous delivery robots

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The company said it will spend $40 million on the construction of a manufacturing facility and test track for its fleet of self-driving robot vehicles. Both facilities will be located in Southern Nevada, which in recent years has become a hotbed for manufacturing and testing for the future of transportation. Image: Nuro.

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Virgin Hyperloop selects West Virginia to test its futuristic transport system

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Virgin Hyperloop One announced its plan to build a $500 million certification center to advance its vision of the future of high-speed transportation in West Virginia. The state will serve as a locus for testing, developing, and validating the technology that underpins the still-theoretical hyperloop system.

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Vergecast: Microsoft Build 2020, Elon Musk’s factory play, and Joe Rogan moves to Spotify

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The three topics covered this week are: Microsoft’s Build developer conference. During the first part of the show, Verge senior editor Tom Warren joins Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn to discuss what was announced at Microsoft Build 2020 and what’s next for Windows software. Elon Musk’s Boring Company finishes digging Las Vegas tunnels.