Forget High-Speed Rail: Elon Musk Wants to Build Something Far More Awesome

[CountDeMoney]

I'm not sleeping well
so why not bomb Languish with
Haiku drive bys, bitch

[jimmy olsen]

I'm not sleeping well
so why not bomb Languish with
Haiku drive bys, bitch

It's nice to see that Lettow has managed to influence somebody. Impressionable minds and all that.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm not sleeping well
so why not bomb Languish with
Haiku drive bys, bitch

It's nice to see that Lettow has managed to influence somebody. Impressionable minds and all that.

Fucking die, die, die
you fucking rickshaw riding
fucking ass fuckstick

[Liep]

This is news to me.
Did Lettow patent haikus?
He sure is awesome.

[Eddie Teach]

The young Memphis man
Much preferred the sonnet form
In poetasting.

[sbr]

 

[Fireblade]

What the fuck Seedy
When did you become a fag?
Creepy ass cracker

[garbon]

This thread sucks.

[jimmy olsen]

I didn't even realize the Hyperloop was a thing that had actual investors. I just thought it was an idea Musk floated, but this looks like something that might actually get built! He really is modern hybrid of Edison and Ford.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/09/elon-musk-hyperloop-closer-to-reality-test-track-nevada.html

Elon Musk's hyperloop vision takes a step closer to reality as firm reveals pictures of test track

Arjun Kharpal   | @ArjunKharpal
13 Hours Ago
CNBC.com
Hyperloop One

Elon Musk's vision of hyperloop, a super-fast transport system, has taken a step closer to reality and now we know what it might look like.

Hyperloop One, one of the companies developing the system, has released pictures of a test track to begin trialing the technology.

A hyperloop system would involve propelling pods through a large tube at up to 750 mph using magnets. It is seen as a way to cut long-distance travel times as well as a way to alleviate congestion in many cities.

Hyperloop One's "DevLoop" is a 500-meter full-scale test structure that weights over a thousand tons. One tube measures 3.3 meters in diameter and the test track has been put together in the Nevada desert.

Hyperloop One is expected to perform a public trial with the new DevLoop in the first half of this year. The company has signed deals with a number of countries to explore the feasibility of setting up the transport system. One of those agreements is with the government in Dubai with the idea of connecting the city to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 12 minutes. This journey would take over 2 hours in a car.

At the Middle East Rail trade show in Dubai this week, Hyperloop One CEO Rob Lloyd, shared his vision for connecting a number of major cities in the Gulf region.

"Tying together the Middle East region would produce greater virtual density, without congestion and pollution, spurring innovation, productivity, job growth and more powerful sharing of knowledge, labor and investment," Lloyd told an audience, according to a statement from the company.

Hyperloop One estimates that around 4,000 vehicles travel every day between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with traffic congestion costing the economy $800 million in lost working ours, something it says a hyperloop could fix.

Last year, Hyperloop One carried out a propulsion test in the Nevada desert in which a sled accelerated to 116 miles per hour in 1.1 seconds. It was a proof of concept test of the underlying technology of a hyperloop and the company will be hoping with a full-scale build of the tubes, it can carry out further trials.

Hyperloop One is not the only company developing the vision Musk laid out in a white paper in 2013. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), a rival company, is also looking into the feasibility of building a track in countries from Indonesia to the Czech Republic. The firm recently announced plans to set up a research and development center in Toulouse, France, where it hopes to build its own test track.

[crazy canuck]

Elon Musk... isn't this guy basically the Peter Molyneux of the transportation world?

I didnt know people thought Molyneux was that good.

[CountDeMoney]

Fucking die, die, die
you fucking rickshaw riding
fucking ass fuckstick

[Razgovory]

Musk, an ugly scent 
the wet nature of fucking
that animals do

What are you doing Haikus now?

Hi past Raz!  You won't believe what happens in the November of '16.

[Ed Anger]

Fucking die, die, die
you fucking rickshaw riding
fucking ass fuckstick

Groovy.

[Josquius]

Weird its getting such investment, all I've read suggests it won't work.

[Admiral Yi]

Musk has actually been wildly successful. Space X is the most advanced aerospace company in the world and raking in billions of dollars worth of orders.

Have any of his companies made any profit?