--- title: "Elon Tweets About New Tesla Vehicle, Then Deletes Tweet" description: "In a now deleted tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk elaborated on the Boring Company's vision in the future: \"We will make a dense Tesla if it matters.\"" date: "2020-10-14" modified: "2020-10-14" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-tweets-tesla-electric-bus-deletes-tweet" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "boring company" - "elon musk" - "tesla" - "the boring company" - "the digest" --- # Elon Tweets About New Tesla Vehicle, Then Deletes Tweet ![In a now deleted tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk elaborated on the Boring Company's vision in the future: "We will make a dense Tesla if it matters."]() *\Image: The Boring Company\* ## Densla In a since-deleted tweet this morning, Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to tease a new vehicle by the electric carmaker — and then deleted the tweet. "We will make a dense Tesla if it matters," he wrote in the deleted tweet, as [spotted by *Electrek*](). "Maybe just better to have more tunnels though. There is no practical limit to tunnel count." ## Tunnel Vision The outburst came in response to [a tweet]() this morning in which Musk acknowledged the underwhelming response to the company's tunnel plans. "We simplified this a lot," he wrote. "It’s basically just Teslas in tunnels at this point, which is way more profound than it sounds." Elon Musk's [Boring Company]() has been busy digging [its first tunnel]() in Las Vegas to get convention goers from point A to point B. But rather having attendees zipping through the tunnels inside [futuristic, glass-clad pods](), as early renders by The Boring Company illustrated, the reality was that they'd trudge through the tunnels in regular old Teslas. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/972245615735222273 A [July render]() Musk showed off on Twitter showed a series of Tesla electric cars lining up to ferry passengers through the tunnel — a far cry from a high density passenger system. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1285819565407002624 ## Define Bus Tesla has yet to reveal any passenger dense vehicles, unless you count the Model X, a seven-seater SUV, or the Tesla Semi, a truck designed to haul cargo. In June, [officials also claimed]() that Tesla would eventually develop electric vans that seat 12 people and their luggage for the Boring Company's latest loop in San Bernardino county. **READ MORE:** [Elon Musk mentions Tesla electric bus in tweet but quickly deletes it]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on the saga:** *[There’s a Theory That Elon Musk Is Digging a Tunnel Between LA and Vegas]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()