Elon Musk Just Shared Exciting Videos and Pictures of the Boring Company's First Tunnel!

Yesterday, Elon Musk finally announced a name for his tunneling company's first machine. Godot, he said, would be the name of the Boring Company's first big piece of equipment. And just like Samuel Beckett's Godot, Musk & Co. are having to wait for its progress. Today, Musk shared some images on his Instagram that hint toward a much shorter wait time than anticipated.

Entry hole, staging area and starting tunnel for Boring Machine 1 (aka Godot) now complete

A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on May 12, 2017 at 5:25am PDT

The most impressive video shows the testing of the electric sled. This would give rapid one-way transport through the tunnels. Ideally, Musk said the tunnels would get someone from Westwood to LAX in just five minutes. Right now that drive takes about 22 minutes (or if you're in a hurry, an hour once you hit LA's horrible traffic).

[Warning, this may cause motion sickness or seizures] This is a test run of our electric sled that would transport cars at 125 mph (200 km/h) through the tunnels, automatically switching from one tunnel to the next. Would mean Westwood to LAX in 5 mins.

A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on May 12, 2017 at 5:48am PDT

First tunnel for The Boring Company begins ... Full length of first tunnel will run from LAX to Culver City, Santa Monica, Westwood and Sherman Oaks. Future tunnels will cover all of greater LA.

A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on May 12, 2017 at 5:31am PDT

Another post brought up Gary the Snail, the company pet who lives in a pineapple. (Yes, seriously, Spongebob fans. He exists.) Gary the snail became a talking point for Musk during this year's TED Talk.

"We’ve got a pet snail called Gary, this from Gary the snail from South Park, no sorry, Spongebob Squarepants," he noted. "So Gary is capable of currently going fourteen times faster than tunnel boring machine. We want to beat Gary. He’s not a patient little fellow and that will be victory. Victory is beating the snail."

The race between Gary, our pet snail who lives in a pineapple, and Godot, our tunnel boring machine, begins soon!

A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on May 12, 2017 at 5:43am PDT

Gary should start training to take on the boring machine now. Another Instagram post shows the segments are already in the final assembly stages.

Boring machine segments have been lowered into the starter tunnel. Going through final assembly. Will be a few hundred feet long when complete.

A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on May 12, 2017 at 5:39am PDT

Cutterhead in operation at standard industry speed. Planning to jack this up by a factor of ten or more.

A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on May 12, 2017 at 5:35am PDT

The evolution of this project -- from frustrated Tweets into a full-blown company -- proves that with a clever idea and a good set of investors, any project can be possible.

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