Virgin Hyperloop

[Anonymous No.12328014]

For the first time humans have been launched through this next generation transportation system of the future. Richard Branson has done what Elon Musk could not. It's a great day for humanity. The world will never be the same again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKvbSboQ5_g

[Anonymous No.12329307]

vs the Chad Boring Company

[Anonymous No.12329326]

>>12328014
imagine how expensive it'll be to ride one of these things once supply and demand is considered. this'll be a rich person's toy.

[Anonymous No.12329334]

Why can't musk build regular subway tunnels with his tunneling machine instead of trying to send a car down it?

Yeah, there's a legitimate need for his tunnel boring stuff but not the way he's doing it.

[Anonymous No.12329335]

>>12329334
they are too small

[Anonymous No.12329336]

>>12329335
So make bigger machines.

[Anonymous No.12329343]

>>12329336
that would defeat the cost savings, plus with trains you have to build big stations

[Anonymous No.12329691]

>>12329334
1. He is working on Hyperloop, he just threw the idea out there.
2. He is, in fact, working on tunnels, that's what The Boring Company is for. It already has approval to dig tunnels under Vegas.

[Anonymous No.12329705]

>>12329334
1. He isn't working on Hyperloop, he just threw the idea out there.
2. He is, in fact, working on tunnels, that's what The Boring Company is for. It already has approval to dig tunnels under Vegas.

[Anonymous No.12329750]

>>12328014
>has done what musk has not
Musk isn't working on that fruitfully and ig if you get your ass handed to you in other space you might as well deep-dive something inconsequential. This is technology which if heavily invested into can be worth something in 20 years but 50 years is max this technology will matter

[Anonymous No.12329900]

>>12328014
Good, but it was a slow test.

[Anonymous No.12329917]

>>12329335
Just use them to build Glasgow-style micro-subways then. Deep running Glasgow-style micro subways in dirt-cheap Boring Company tunnels would be absolutely killer for lower-volume infill routes to close gaps and connect nodes or spokes on pre-existing subway systems. It'd have similar capacity to light rail for slightly more money but with higher speeds and no susceptibility to weather or traffic.

[Anonymous No.12329928]

>>12328014
>>12329334
>Reinventing the big dig and the bullet train

[Anonymous No.12329976]

>>12329917
The point of subway is that it can handle more traffic where trams or similar are not enough. A tiny subway is pretty much a useless contraption that makes no sense whatsoever.

[Anonymous No.12330304]

>>12329976

'tiny' subways can be lodged into urban centers and provide quick, relatively clean transport for millions of city-dwellers.

[Anonymous No.12330339]

>>12328014
Just to ask: why the FUCK is it shaking so much when running at a low test speed? Piece of shit garbage.

[Anonymous No.12330352]

>>12328014
What the fuck was that??? Mono rail in a tunnel going 100km/h, how is that innovative?

[Anonymous No.12330361]

>>12328014
imagine naming your company VIRGIN and putting that in front of every product name lmao
>ay bob, wanna ride the VIRGIN TRAIN?
>ye beckie, hold on, let me use my VIRGIN PHONE to buy VIRGIN TICKETS

[Anonymous No.12330402]

>>12330304
Subways barely have time to accelerate up to 50mph before they have to slow for the next stop. Hyperloop only makes sense as a gimmick for rich people bored of taking their helicopter from Abu Dhabi to Dubai.

[Anonymous No.12330407]

>>12329307
>vs the Chad Boring Company
based

[Anonymous No.12330421]

>>12329334
because he also builds cars

[Anonymous No.12330483]

>>12330402
Speaking from personal experience cities like LA need a quick way to get from one end of the city to another more than it needs a bunch of stops in the middle.