Across the United States, Elon Musk’s Boring Company shows up to pitch transport projects far below the cost of competitors. Local officials get excited and pursue them, for cost savings and to associate with Musk. In Ontario, CA, officials said, “it’s the Boring Company, so Elon Musk brings that kind of sexiness to it.”
But when it comes time for the Boring Company to deliver, it conveniently disappears.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnel-traffic-11669658396