SoyTrek t1_jae6a9z wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:05 PM

Is this really a hyperloop? I'm pretty sure the concept for a hyperloop was specifically freeways underground for battery-powered electric vehicles, but this seems to be specifically for unique cargo containers that are guided and propelled along an electromagnetic track, which makes it more like...a train or subway.

TheHiveminder t1_jaehp04 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:19 PM

> I'm pretty sure the concept for a hyperloop was specifically freeways underground for battery-powered electric vehicles,

No, hyperloop is pods in an evacuated chamber. They go fwoosh like a drive up bank tube.

judos_ch t1_jae9y7r wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:29 PM

no it's just automated slow cargo only trains (30km/s). https://www.cst.ch/en/