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Hyperloop was invented to try to kill light rail. It succeeded at killing Maryland's new venture and Illinois'. Neither were built because Hyperloop promised bullshit. Elon hates public transport.
Elon's main thing is selling cars, of course he actively opposes whatever would let people not buy a car.
He says the only public transit he would support is individual capsules running in a tunnel.
Essentially literal echo chambers where you never have to interact with anyone who might expand your horizons.
"Eww, peasants" ~Elon probably
He didn't even invent it.
guy who sells cars spreads FUD about competition to cars
One would think that these Atlas Shrugged -cultist would love railways.
Wait, what did Hyperloop kill in MD? It looks like the proposed route was from DC to Baltimore underneath MD 295 – we already have Amtrak and MARC serving that corridor.
Hyperloop is against high speed rail, which is for transport between cities.
Light rail is nicer trams so meant for transport within cities.
It's worth pointing out that a pneumatic railway was not invented by him, we already tried 150 years ago and couldn't get it to scale up then either.
Remember the tunnel in Ghost Busters 2?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Pneumatic_Transit
I think you’re giving the guy too much credit for being conniving. Is there actual evidence?
He admitted it to the person writing his memoirs iirc