Vegas Loop Says It Will Add Tesla Robovans
Posted on: January 12, 2026, 02:18h.
Last updated on: January 12, 2026, 02:32h.
- The Boring Co. says it plans to introduce Tesla Robovans, fitting up to 20 people, for its Vegas Loop after the full station build-out is complete
- Robovans will optimize tunnel efficiency, especially for high-demand events like Allegiant Stadium football games
- The company also wants to build hyperloops to Reno and Phoenix
The Boring Co. says that Tesla Robovans — self-driving electric SUVs that can hold up to 20 people each — will be employed by its Vegas Loop underground transportation system to make more efficient use of its tunnels.
The vehicles are not in production yet, or even scheduled for production. However, that’s not a problem since they won’t be added to the Las Vegas “Tesla tunnel” fleet until the Vegas Loop is completely built out to 68 miles of tunnels serving 104 stations around the Strip and downtown Las Vegas.
That won’t happen until sometime between 2028 and 2029, which is only the current projected estimate.
The idea is to use the oversized shuttles for big events like football games at Allegiant Stadium, where thousands of people are headed to the same location at once.
“We want to change the look of the roads,” Elon Musk said when he introduced the Robovan at his company’s “We, Robot” event in LA in October 2024. “The future should look like the future.”
Tunnel Vision
After the Vegas Loop is built out, in addition to introducing Robovans, Boring Co. president Steve Davis told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that his company will expand to the Las Vegas suburbs of Henderson and Summerlin, starting with one-mile demo tunnels.
Davis also expressed interest in offering hyperloop service from Vegas to Reno, Nev., and even from Vegas to Phoenix. These goals seemed more aspirational than committal, however.
“I think it would be really cool,” he told the newspaper.
Hyperloop is a not-yet perfected high‑speed transport system that moves passenger pods through low‑pressure tubes to avoid air resistance, and magnetic levitation or air‑bearing lift to eliminate wheels and rail friction. These pods can zoom through tunnels at potentially more than 10 times the speed of the Vegas Loop’s current 35 mph average.
Hyperloop technology was tested by a separate company, Virgin Hyperloop One, at its North Las Vegas test site from 2017 until it ceased operations in 2023.
(Under)grounded in Reality So Far
For now, the only new thing the Vegas Loop has to offer besides talk are limited rides to Harry Reid International Airport.
The service, available for only about 50 riders a day and not every day, kicked off earlier this month from Resorts World, Westgate, Encore and the Las Vegas Convention Center (the only four Vegas Loop stations currently open).
Airport passengers travel through existing tunnels before emerging for the final 4 or so miles on surface streets. A 2.25-mile Airport Connector tunnel is targeted to open later this month or early next. However, even that will surface near the airport for a 1 mile trip to the terminals. (The long-term “holy grail” is a dedicated underground station directly inside the airport terminals for fully subsurface access, but that will require additional permits and construction and no firm timeline has been announced.)
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