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The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.
He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.
https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive
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It is weird that Elon Musk was so worried about California’s high-speed rail project because it had the look of a boondoggle from the beginning. It’s horrendously expensive and the promise of an alternative to air travel has been diminished as they’ve decided to use more existing rail (you can’t run high speed on it) to save money.
If Elon Musk was worried that rail service between San Francisco and Los Angeles might diminish the demand for Teslas, then I think we have a more serious problem with delusion than I thought.
It is weird that Elon Musk was so worried about California’s high-speed rail project because it had the look of a boondoggle from the beginning. It’s horrendously expensive and the promise of an alternative to air travel has been diminished as they’ve decided to use more existing rail (you can’t run high speed on it) to save money.
I dont think Elon was worried that the high speed rail would be a boondoggle, i think he was worried it WOULDNT.
If Elon Musk was worried that rail service between San Francisco and Los Angeles might diminish the demand for Teslas, then I think we have a more serious problem with delusion than I thought.
That’s what I was thinking. Surely he isn’t so narrow minded to have LA-Silicon Valley commuters as Tesla’s principal target demographic?
But it was for the first 10 years of Tesla’s existence.
People are quick to forget.