Boring Company’s First Tunnel To Connect To Las Vegas Airport, Opened In Q1 2026
- Boring Company’s First Tunnel To Connect To Las Vegas Airport, Opened In Q1 2026
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company will open its first tunnel to Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport in the first quarter of 2026.
The system can save 50 to 80 percent of both time and cost compared to Uber and can transport up to 20,000 people per hour.
• Downtown → Airport: 8 minutes / $12
• Airport → LV Convention Center: 5 minutes / $10
You can expect to reduce traffic congestion and reduce traveler costs at the same time.
- xAI Adds Large-Scale Solar Site To Tennessee’s ‘Colossus’ Supercomputer Complex
xAI plans to install additional 88-acre solar panels around the Colossus supercomputer campus in Memphis, Tennessee.
Also in September, local public company MLGW announced a partnership to build a 550-acre solar power plant near its campus.
The xAI infrastructure is expanding to a large green energy base.
- Italy Opens 1000th Supercharger Stall
Tesla Opens 1000th Supercharger Stall In Italy.
The expansion of charging infrastructure in Europe continues, and Tesla user access is improving quickly.
- Austin, Texas robo-taxi expands to ‘double’ vehicles in December
Austin-area Tesla Robotaxi car count doubles in December.
Initial operations are expected to grow quickly, accelerating local testing and data acquisition.
- “One-third recovery of Model Y price in India, saving on maintenance” — Tesla India General Manager
Tesla India General Manager Sharad Agarwal said that if an Indian consumer runs a Tesla Model Y, it will be able to recover about a third of the vehicle’s price with only four to five years of reduced maintenance costs.
• Tesla has “no regular maintenance schedule (mostly handled by OTA)”
• Home charging costs are “one-tenth of a percentage of gasoline”
Agarwal joined Tesla in November this year, and was previously the head of Lamborghini India.
- UK to impose taxes per electric vehicle and hybrid mileage from 2028
The UK government announced a 3p per mile tax for electric vehicles and 1.5p for plug-in hybrids from April 2028.
• Approximately £255 ($337) for 8,500 miles of electric vehicle per year
• 202829 tax revenue forecast: £1.1B → £1.9B increase in 203031
This is about half the tax rate compared to gasoline vehicles.
It is a policy aimed at supplementing tax revenue due to the spread of electric vehicles.
- “No Chinese Parts Exclusion” — Tesla China Vice President Rebutters WSJ Report
Tesla China’s VP Grace Tao officially refuted the WSJ’s report that “Tesla has asked suppliers to exclude Chinese-made parts from U.S.-produced vehicles.”
• “Tesla evaluates suppliers on the same global basis without national or regional discrimination.”
• China’s Shanghai plant works with more than 400 Chinese suppliers to contribute to world’s lowest-priced Model 3 and Y supply
• More than 60 of these also participate in the global supply chain
highlighted that Tesla’s global sourcing strategy is not based on the exclusion of certain countries
