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Elon Musk’s The Boring Company might be in line for an Amtrak contract
Federal railroad regulators are in talks with Elon Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Company (TBC), over a multi-billion Amtrak project, according to The
Citing sources familiar with the matter, the NYT reports that Federal Railroad Administration officials have spoken with TBC to learn whether the Musk-owned company could save the agency money on the Frederick Douglass Tunnel program. While TBC was one of several companies to be considered for a new engineering contract, the talks raise red flags about Musk’s many conflicts of interest as he splits his time between his companies, his role as President Trump’s right-hand man, and as overseer of DOGE, which has cut resources to agencies that regulate his businesses. TechCrunch Space Every Monday, gets you up to speed on the latest advances in aerospace.
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