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• Elon Musk and his Boring Company will compete with three other firms to build O’Hare Express train

         The competition to build an express train from downtown     to O’Hare International Airport is on. Two firms, Elon Musk’s the Boring     Company and Oaktree Capital Management, and two joint ventures, O’Hare     Express Train Partners (OHL Infrastructure, Kiewit, Amtrak) and O’Hare     Xpress LLC (Meridiam, Antarctica Capital, JLC Infrastructure, Mott     MacDonald and First Transit), will compete for the chance to design,     construct and operate the train, according to Curbed Chicago. Based on     tweets from Musk, the Boring Company has some futuristic ideas such as     “high-velocity electromagnetic pods” and sleds. [Curbed Chicago]