No one knows why Elon Musk wants to dig tunnel under Tesla factory. Snapdeal co-founder reveals the reason

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's Boring Company wants to dig a tunnel under Tesla Gigafactory Texas in Austin, but no one knows what it will be used for.

Back home, one man may seem to have the answer. Snapdeal co-founder Kunal Bahl took to Twitter to share what he thinks might be the purpose of this secretive tunnel.

Putting the curiosity of millions of fans, the entrepreneur-turned-investor said that a tunnel underneath Musk's car factory has only one possible explanation. "It's a Batcave obviously," the top boss joked.



According to DC Comics, Batcave is superhero Batman's secret headquarter under his residence, Wayne Manor, where he builds high-tech gadgets that he uses to fight against crime. Many fans, like Bahl, draw a parallel between Batman's public identity as billionaire Bruce Wayne and Musk.

Jokes aside, it is still unclear what Boring Company plan to do with those tunnels.

One of Musk's passion projects, Boring has been in discussions with the state and municipal governments for several projects since moving to Texas. However, according to reports by auto-tech website Electrek, nothing has been materialised yet.

The company recently applied with the city of Austin to build a tunnel on the Tesla Gigafactory Texas property for the project 'Colorado River Connector Tunnel'. The news report suggests that the applicant has proposed a private access tunnel along with associated improvements.

The company's main project is its 'loop' travel in Las Vegas. A loop is a system of tunnels in which Tesla electric vehicles move people between stations to avoid surface traffic - much like a subway but with smaller vehicles that have more flexibility about where to stop.

The company has been exploring other projects across the US, but no other major project has moved forward.

Since moving to Pflugerville just outside of Austin, the Boring Company has set its sight on projects in Texas, but this is the first time that it has moved to a building permit application.