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Nicholas Irwin

An in-camera mutliple-exposure image featuring Tesla's Elon Musk during a technology and innovation summit presented by the Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development at the Tesla Gigafactory inside the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center on Oct. 9, 2018.

Why has Musk's Boring Co. quietly been buying real estate along Las Vegas Loop?

Is construction along Boring Co.'s Las Vegas Loop part of Elon Musk's master plan? Or, as critics say, a gamble with long odds?

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