Chicago Sun-Times, 3/20/18:
O’Hare Express competition down to two — and Elon Musk is one of them
Competition to build an elusive high-speed rail line between downtown and a soon-to-be-expanded O’Hare Airport has been narrowed to two teams — and visionary billionaire Elon Musk is the captain of one of them.
Musk’s The Boring Company plans to create a “high-speed loop” using “electric pods” in underground tunnels he claims can be built for far less money because of the “boring” technology he has pioneered.
He will vie against O’Hare Xpress LLC, whose power player participants include Meridiam, Antarctica Capital, JLC Infrastructure, Mott MacDonald and First Transit.