Elon Musk-led tunnel developer The Boring Company (TBC) proudly announced Monday that it has completed drilling a groundbreaking tunnel for Tesla underneath the Gigafactory Texas.
Cybertunnel to go live in Giga Texas
TBC indicated in its announcement on X that Cybertunnel will go online as early as July of this year.
Its latest tunnel boring machine (TBM), dubbed “Prufrock 3,” recently broke ground at Tesla’s Texas HQ after several months of preparations and weeks of tunnelling. Notably, Prufrock 3 can dig faster than TBC’s previous machine models.
While TBC took a long time to assemble Prufrock 3, it tunneled directly through Pickle Parkway to Giga Texas, as soon as digging commenced.
The company recently released a timelapse showing Prufrock 3’s emergence at the other end of the tunnel.
“TBM retrieval inside buildings has awesome applications for Loop. Can pop up in parking garages, factories, convention halls…and even hotel lobbies!”
The Boring Company
Purpose
Sources familiar with the matter claim that the upcoming Cybertunnel primarily aims to funnel Tesla Cybertruck electric pickups out of the end-of-line to the other side of the road.
Tesla reportedly planned the tunnel development even before it finalized plans for the Cybertruck end-of-line.
With the construction of underpasses on both the north and south ends, the Cybertunnel appears to be less crucial for accessing the other side of the highway from Gigafactory Texas.
Therefore, the ultimate goal now is to autonomously deploy Cybertrucks from the end-of-line and into the new staging lot.
Cybertruck production ramp-up
Tesla Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill previously explained that the Cybertunnel will help cut traffic on the site and improve operations, particularly in Cybertruck production.
Tesla is currently ramping up the production of the Cybertruck to meet the surging demand. It expects to hit an annual output of 250,000 units by 2025.
Therefore, the Cybertunnel will play a crucial role in increasing the productivity of the Giga Texas. It will help establish a system of ultra-safe, earthquake-resistant tunnels.
