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They were invented decades ago.

They have fewer moving parts than wheelbois.

They require less maintenance.

There's obviously some bottleneck in expanding maglev technology, but what is it?

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[โ€“] outstanding_bond@mander.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Three of the six currently operating maglevs are in communist china

[โ€“] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

China is very much capitalist and has been for at least three decades now.