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If only there was someone related to this project that had experience building a business based on using batteries for transportation where other people have pr

• kuschku 11y ago
  Tesla is based on not using expensive batteries, but instead the common "same as in every laptop" type. They can't magically increase battery lifetime, and that's why Hyperloop will either end up as Transrapid in vacuum (VacTrain, concept for many decades) or not at all.
  • grandinj 11y ago
    But given that trains stop periodically, and we know how to build rapid-recharge energy storage devices, that might not be a problem
    • kuschku 11y ago
      This is HSR done on even larger scale. It will travel nonstop for 600km+. Recharging is an issue there. (I don’t know if you have ever used High Speed Rail, but usually it’s a direct city-city transport, only connecting the largest cities in the region, and often going for a long time uninterrupted. Many countries, like Germany and Japan, even decided to put HSR onto completely separate rails)