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How is this better than a regular train/subway/tram?

• uniqueuid 4y ago
  Magnetically levitated, meaning up to 500 km/h (~300 mph), silent, and it's driverless. Downsides are that you need to build completely new tracks with limited curvature (and new stations).
  • Octoth0rpe 4y ago
    > meaning up to 500 km/h (~300 mph) from the website: Cruising speed of up to 150 km/h I'm guessing that the value proposition of this particular system is that it's cut certain performance corners to achieve a far lower cost while still providing more than adequate speed for the intracity use case.
    • bluGill 4y ago
      Sure, but wheels work just fine at those speeds. the advantages of maglev over steel wheels need much faster speeds before they are realized. At least for all current maglev systems, this is still vaporware, ask me after it has been in use for 20 years and we have real world data on how it works out. Don't be the person who pays for getting that real world data though.
• iggldiggl 4y ago
  Cynically speaking – it's based on a track made from pre-cast concrete elements, which Max Bögl (a construction company and concrete manufacturer at heart) will happily build for you. It's also marketed as a fully turn-key system where everything starting from the design and finishing with the vehicles and operations control will be provided by Bögl, which conversely also means that it's a fully proprietary system and you're dependent on Bögl for continuing support or any future expansions, too.
  • jeffbee 4y ago
    Aren't most elevated guideways built from sections pre-cast and moved into place? How is that a specific advantage of this thing?