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You have more than one pod?

• kuschku 9y ago
  Do you link them physically, do you have enough braking distances, or do you, as musk suggests, run pods that are separate close enough that in case of a disaster all pods will crash?
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  • easytiger 9y ago
    I believe they have gaps and the original design had safety stops, breaks, and wheeled propulsion to get you to safety
    • kuschku 9y ago
      The issue is the required gap to slow down from those speeds. You might want to take a look at the train crash in Emden at the Transrapid facility. A maglev train crashed into a maintenance vehicle at a speed of 500km/h because it takes too long to slow down. The required gaps to operate a maglev system efficiently would end up with one capsule every 10 seconds - which means it can carry less passengers than a lane of highway. The only way to get more capacity is by running actual trains.