Is Musk's The Boring Company outrageous or just what LA and Dubai need? Maybe both

As so often with Elon Musk’s triumphs and tragedies, breakthroughs and lawsuits, the announcement came in an apparently off-hand tweet sent in a fit of frustration during the Los Angeles rush hour.

Within a few weeks, staff at SpaceX HQ in Los Angeles were ordered to move their vehicles from the car park. The digging began three hours later.

The world will get its first look at the results on December 10, when Mr Musk’s Boring Company unveils the first section of its two-mile test tunnel.