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The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive
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Musk said as much to me during a series of e-mails and phone calls leading up to the announcement. “Down the road, I might fund or advise on a Hyperloop project, but right now I can’t take my eye off the ball at either SpaceX or Tesla,” he wrote.
The full quote also includes,
[Hyperloop] was more that he wanted to show people that more creative ideas were out there for things that might actually solve problems and push the state forward.
Which to me indicates that Vance saw Musk not actually planning to build Hyperloop as somehow being a good thing.
The full quote goes on to say,
The full quote also includes,
Which to me indicates that Vance saw Musk not actually planning to build Hyperloop as somehow being a good thing.
https://twitter.com/parismarx/status/1167410460125097990