The Boring Company recently teased its Prufrock 5 tunnel boring machine (TBM) in a recent X post .
Elon Musk’s tunneling company recently posted pictures on X showcasing Prufrock 4’s lighting test inside the Boring Factory. However, in the corner of one of the photos, hidden in the dark, is a glimpse of Prufrock 5. pneumatic mining drill
The Boring Company’s Prufrock 5 TBM hasn’t been on the field yet. However, the pictures show it is almost ready for initial tests.
Meanwhile, Prufrock 4 is nearly ready to go on its first mission. In August, The Boring Company started tests on Prufrock 4 at its factory in Bastrop, Texas. According to the tunneling company, Prufrock 4 is 308 feet long and weighs 797,000 pounds. It also produces up to 4.7 million pounds of thrust.
Prufrock-4 lighting test inside Boring Factory, with a subtle cameo by Prufrock-5. pic.twitter.com/lfOT6sWNJB
Then there is Prufrock 3, which recently broke through its first completed tunnel in Las Vegas . Before Sin City, the third iteration of Prufrock finished digging the Cybertunnel at Giga Texas . Prufrock 3 is keeping busy while its siblings are back in Texas. Its next launch is already scheduled for October 30.
In 2022, The Boring Company raised $675 million to scale boring machine production and more.
“Prufrock is a next-generation Tunnel Boring Machine designed to construct mega-infrastructure projects in a matter of weeks instead of years, and at a fraction of the cost. The current iteration of Prufrock, called Prufrock-2, is designed to mine at up to 1 mile/week, meaning a tunnel the length of the Las Vegas strip (approximately 4 miles) can be completed in a month,” noted TBC at the time.
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