In April, Musk’s new startup took delivery of their first boring machine and started digging in the parking lot of SpaceX’s headquarters. Advertisement - scroll for more content They already obtained a permit for a 305-feet (100 meters) tunnel at the location, which they reportedly already completed. Now they presented the second phase of the tunnel at a special meeting of the Hawthorne city council last week. The current tunnel links SpaceX’s parking lot to 120th street and the second phase would follow the street over 2 miles (3.2 km) all the way to Hawthorne Boulevard. At the presentation before the Hawthorne city council, Brett Horton, Senior Director of Facilities and Construction for both SpaceX and Boring Company, said that the tunnel would only be for research and development and not to transport people or cargo. They aim to test their boring machine and find ways to improve it: “It is a research and development tunnel meant for us to learn about our tunneling machine (Godot), understand the technology and where we can improve it, and also test and prove out the transportation system.” Horton also explains that the transportation system will use Tesla’s autonomous driving technology and electric powertrain technology: “To speak very quickly about how the transportation works and how we are going to be testing it in this tunnel, it is based on Tesla technology. We all know about autonomous driving and the capabilities we’ve seen demonstrated in various videos. We are going to use that technology, but instead of an enclosed Tesla, it’s going to be an electric skate.” He said to imagine a Tesla Model S drivetrain, but with a platform instead of a cabin on top. The Boring Company has so far been mostly associated with Elon Musk’s SpaceX so it’s interesting to see that Tesla, Musk other main company, is also being involved.