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Elon Musk to start hyperloop project in Maryland
- sabertoothed 9y agoThis was from Oct 19th and is somewhat old news by now.
- paulsutter 9y agoApprovals were supposed to be a gigantic barrier, but... > Administration officials said they will treat the hyperloop like a utility, and permitted it in the same way the state allows electric companies to burrow beneath public rights-of-way. >“We have all sorts of utilities beneath our roadways,” Rahn said. “In essence, this didn’t need anything more than a utility permit.”
- esmi 9y agohttps://www.wired.com/2013/08/hyperloop-elon-musk/ https://www.wired.com/2013/08/hyperloop-elon-musk/ “But he reiterated that he’s got too much on his plate with both Tesla and Space X.” Guess things slowed down at Tesla and SpaceX.
- CodeWriter23 9y agoOr he shrewdly got thousands of people to map out the first level problem space of this technology, and now swoops in with The Boring Company to capture the spoils of their work. The origin story of The Boring Company: spontaneous genius while Tweet-driving? or carefully planned PR campaign?