Elon Musk’s Boring Company is officially bringing its tunnel project to Nashville. The company plans to build a 10-mile underground system, called the Music City Loop, designed to shuttle passengers between downtown Nashville and the airport in less than 10 minutes using Tesla vehicles.
The loop will be completely privately funded, with no taxpayer dollars involved. The project is still awaiting final approval from state and federal agencies, but officials say the system could be up and running as early as fall 2026.
This would mark the Boring Company’s second confirmed location for its tunnel network after Las Vegas, where it already operates a Loop beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center. That Vegas system has grown over time and now runs beneath parts of the city, offering short rides in Teslas underground. Nashville would be the first major test of whether the idea can scale beyond Vegas.
Each Tesla in the Nashville loop will carry 3–4 passengers, and the company claims the system could transport thousands of people per day. The goal is to offer a quicker alternative to surface-level traffic, cutting down travel times without digging up streets.
The Boring Company has pitched similar tunnel ideas in Los Angeles, Chicago, and elsewhere, but many of those plans never moved forward. In contrast, the Music City Loop already has state support, and momentum appears stronger than in past proposals.
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