Wasn't the hyperloop connected to another Elon Musk company called The Boring Company? Just a speculation here without making any attempt at a deep-dive. The thing is that he's got these self-driving 2-seater cab thingies he calls "blank-out" (CyberCab?). Whatever it is called, they can be mass produced at a competitive price. The problem may be in their adoption. Now if you were to mate these things with predetermined routes that are dug out in tunnels, maybe you'll have something.
They got something like this in Las Vegas, if memory serves. How is it working out? That's a discussion for another day.
The pdf file was rather long and takes too long to read this morning. For reference purposes, here's the embedded Scribd version for anyone who is interested:
A couple points:
- Musk doesn't plan to build it himself
- It is said to be open-source, meaning anyone can contribute ideas to it
The real problem is that the government isn't doing it in order to improve anything. They are doing it in order to enrich themselves at everyone else's expense.
Update:
Popular Mechanics has a short writeup here.
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