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Vol Loop, Hendersonville Tunnel, Mountain Mile Loop: 3 Tennessee cities among finalists for The Boring Company’s Tunnel Vision Challenge
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (241+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - What do the cities of Hendersonville, Gatlinburg and Knoxville all have in common? They're among the 16 finalists for The Boring Company's (TBC) Tunnel Vision Challenge. The premise of the challenge is for TBC to make it easier…...
TN Chamber of Commerce pushing for Nashville Metro Council to reconsider resolution ‘effectively condemning’ Music City Loop project
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (405+ words) NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry is pushing for the members of the Nashville Metro Council to vote against or defer a resolution that would oppose The Boring Company's Music City Loop project in the city....
Tunneling for Nashville’s underground Tesla project has begun
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (196+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Boring Company, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, announced Wednesday that the tunneling process is officially underway to construct the Music City Loop " an underground tunnel connecting the city's international airport to downtown. "Tunneling has begun in…...
Airport authority paves way for ‘high-speed underground travel to and from BNA’ in license agreement with Elon Musk’s company
1+ week, 5+ day ago (151+ words) NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) has signed a license agreement with Elon Musk's The Boring Company to facilitate the development of a Tesla tunnel connecting downtown Nashville with the airport. The license agreement was agreed upon…...
Driverless Waymo vehicles to start operating in parts of Nashville this month, police say
3+ week, 5+ day ago (110+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Waymo driverless cars will start operating autonomously this month, according to Metro Nashville Police. The department said in a social media post that the vehicles will begin picking up rideshare customers later this month. Related: Waymo announces…...
Elon Musk’s company to hold town hall discussion over new Tesla tunnels connecting downtown Nashville to BNA
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (256+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Elon Musk's The Boring Company (TBC) is set to hold a virtual town hall discussion over the Music City Loop being built in Nashville. The loop will connect downtown Nashville with the Nashville International Airport by way…...
State’s handling of limestone from Boring Company tunnel project faces new questions
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (377+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A state lawmaker is raising concerns that Tennessee may have effectively given valuable state-owned limestone to Elon Musk's Boring Company as it builds the Music City Loop and now plans to buy it back with taxpayer money....
Music City Loop tunneling project nears key phase in Nashville
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (267+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Boring Company is nearing the start of tunneling for the Music City Loop downtown, concluding testing on a new machine designed to handle Nashville's challenging limestone geology. The company, known for tunneling projects in softer soils…...
Music City Loop: A goldmine of questions beneath Nashville
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (717+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Less than a week after blasting started on Nashville's ambitious "Music City Loop," a 10-mile underground tunnel poised to connect Nashville International Airport to downtown and the convention center, a new question is emerging from the bedrock:…...
700 GM employees temporarily laid off in TN
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (228+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Temporary job cuts have hit a battery plant in Tennessee. General Motors will be temporarily laying off 700 workers at the Ultium Cells plant in Spring Hill. These temporary layoffs are accompanied by more across the U.S., according to…...