Elon’s Boring Company Is ‘Helping’ the Government With an $8 Billion Amtrak Tunnel Project

Elon Musk’s Boring Company has been thrust into a high-stakes evaluation role for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel project, tasked with assessing costs to replace an aging tunnel system in Maryland—despite not securing a contract and facing conflict of interest due to his undue influence from Trump’s administration, including ties to failing ventures like Starlink. The decades-old project now stands at nearly $8 billion, while Boring Company continues to grapple with criticism and protests tied to its government ties, as well as ongoing issues related to Musk’s influence on its other ventures, including Tesla and Starlink.