Elon Musk's Hyperloop Makes The Bullet Train Look Like A Steam Locomotive
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But compared to the so-called "Hyperloop" concept that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk introduced last year, the bullet train might as well be from the age of steam propulsion.
Three hours? Try 35 minutes.
Musk says the Hyperloop would cost $7.5 billion to build, versus $68 billion for the high-speed rail line. And while the bullet train looks cool, it would still just be a very fast train, while the Hyperloop looks like something borrowed from the future.
Here's a refresher on Musk's Hyperloop:
The design uses special capsules that would travel in tubes on a cushion of air at 700 mph.
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