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The Boring Company adapts Prufrock liner truck to carry 20-foot containers
The Boring Company showed on X a Prufrock Liner Truck modified to carry a standard 20-foot shipping container through its tunnels. According to the post, the truck uses batteries and drive units from the Tesla Model 3, and the company said the container fits like a glove. Until now, these trucks only hauled concrete: precast segments weighing more than 22,000 pounds to the boring machine. The company did not say when or where freight hauling would begin, which customers it has in mind, or how many trucks it plans to convert.
- Prufrock Liner Truck modified to carry a standard 20-foot shipping container.
- Uses Tesla Model 3 batteries and drive units; no date or customers announced.
- Liner trucks previously hauled concrete: precast segments over 22,000 pounds.
🔎 Why it matters: The Prufrock Liner Truck, which uses Model 3 batteries and drive units, already hauls concrete segments and has now been adapted for a 20-foot container. The modification was shown on X, with no freight service announced.
📈 Upside: It reuses Tesla Model 3 parts for a second type of cargo inside the tunnels.
📉 Risk: The company has not said whether these freight trucks will remain remotely piloted from its operations center in Texas.
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