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Missed
LA-SF Hyperloop trip in 35 minutes (2013)
“The total one-way trip time is 35 minutes from county line to county line.”
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Elon Musk's Los Angeles tunnel: Dec 10 2018 opening, missed
Elon Musk promised the first Boring Company tunnel opening to the public by Dec 19, 2018. He has moved the date 1 time. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.
goalposts: 2018-12-10 (opens Dec 10, free rides next day) → 2018-12-18 (product launch Dec 18) · moved 1×
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“Opens Dec 10”
— Elon Musk · Oct 22, 2018 · @elonmusk on X, Oct 22 2018 ↗
See his original post on XLoads Elon's actual tweet, right here.
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What actually happened
Musk said the Hawthorne test tunnel would open Dec 10 2018 with free public rides on Dec 11. The opening slipped to Dec 18 (CNBC), when only invited media and guests rode; the tunnel stayed a private test facility and never offered public rides. CNBC Dec 7 2018 — Hawthorne tunnel opening delayed to Dec 18 ↗
The Progression
Oct 22, 2018
The promise: “Opens Dec 10” · @elonmusk on X, Oct 22 2018 ↗
2018-12-18 (product launch Dec 18)
Timeline pushed to 2018-12-18 (product launch Dec 18).
Goalpost #1
Goalpost #1
Dec 19, 2018
Deadline passed. Musk said the Hawthorne test tunnel would open Dec 10 2018 with free public rides on Dec 11. The opening slipped to Dec 18 (CNBC), when only invited media and guests rode; the tunnel stayed a private test facility and never offered public rides. CNBC Dec 7 2018 — Hawthorne tunnel opening delayed to Dec 18 ↗
Today · Oct 11, 2026
Status: Missed · 2,853 days past due. Never happened.
In October 2018 Elon Musk said The Boring Company’s first tunnel, under Hawthorne in Los Angeles, would open December 10 with free public rides the next day. The unveiling slipped to December 18, only invited guests rode, and the test tunnel never opened to the public.
Receipts
LAST CHECKED 2026-10-11- [TWEET] @elonmusk on X, Oct 22 2018
- [TWEET] @elonmusk on X, Oct 22 2018 — 'free rides for the public next day'
- [REPORT] CNBC Dec 7 2018 — opening delayed to Dec 18
- [TWEET] @elonmusk on X, Dec 7 2018 — 'Boring Company product launch on Dec 18' @ 2018-12-07T00:18:21Z
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