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Elon Musk's Hyperloop - travel faster than the speed of sound • Page 2
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DarmokJalad 63,703 posts
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Registered 18 years agoWhere's the toilet? -
Load_2.0 29,744 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRightBean wrote:
Reminds me of one of my favourite Simpson's quotes.
Only good for a thousand miles or so he said, further than that and you might as well go on a plane. It's rubbish.
Um, two bucks. And it only transports matter. Um, well, uh- I'll give you 35 cents.
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DaM 17,373 posts
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Registered 18 years agoRazz wrote:
It goes so fast you can just hold it in till you get there. Or are you thinking about low pressure sex?
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Nanocrystal 1,888 posts
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Registered 10 years agoneilka wrote:
0.0005%
New York to Los Angeles in 45 minutes would be 1500m/s or about 0.5% the speed of light which seems pretty ambitious. -
neilka 22,649 posts
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Registered 14 years agoRazz wrote:
That's a smaller parallel tunnel, the Hyperpoop.
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neilka 22,649 posts
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Registered 14 years agoNanocrystal wrote:
WHATEVER POINDEXTER.
neilka wrote:
0.0005%
New York to Los Angeles in 45 minutes would be 1500m/s or about 0.5% the speed of light which seems pretty ambitious.
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B0rked_Gamer wrote:
From his statement as well (emphasis mine)
RightBean wrote:
Aeroplanes are not solar powered and have a habit of flying in the sky which is hugely unappealing to some folk plus Hyperloop sounds like some awesome futuristic travel method from a sci-fi movie.
Only good for a thousand miles or so he said, further than that and you might as well go on a plane. It's rubbish.
"Around that inflection point, I suspect that supersonic air travel ends up being faster and cheaper."
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but since the fall of Concorde we don't have any supersonic commercial aircraft. -
Fab4 8,844 posts
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Registered 13 years agoIts like Futurama coming to life .gif)
On the downside, have you seen what a dedicated terrorist can do to an oil pipeline? Now imagine that oil as people
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MrTomFTW wrote:
No we don't.
B0rked_Gamer wrote:
From his statement as well (emphasis mine)
RightBean wrote:
Aeroplanes are not solar powered and have a habit of flying in the sky which is hugely unappealing to some folk plus Hyperloop sounds like some awesome futuristic travel method from a sci-fi movie.
Only good for a thousand miles or so he said, further than that and you might as well go on a plane. It's rubbish.
"Around that inflection point, I suspect that supersonic air travel ends up being faster and cheaper."
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but since the fall of Concorde we don't have any supersonic commercial aircraft.
We could build some. -
neilka 22,649 posts
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Registered 14 years agoIf you put a Concorde into a Hyperloop going in the opposite direction, would it take off? -
Psychotext 65,469 posts
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Registered 13 years agoYes. -
shadabdurrani 1 posts
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Registered 5 years agolots of people do not know the whole background of Mr Elon Musk , Musk is the one who started the biggest payment processor company "Paypal"
A Glance at the Life of Elon Musk -
Elon Musk also created 'Old Spice' aftershave. -
DaM 17,373 posts
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Registered 18 years agoshadabdurrani wrote:
He's shit at kitchens though.
lots of people do not know the whole background of Mr Elon Musk , Musk is the one who started the biggest payment processor company "Paypal"
A Glance at the Life of Elon Musk -
I like the Tony Stark comparison, yeah he's similar in some regards but there the lack of Iron Man suit is a pretty big difference. -
FartPipe 5,307 posts
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Registered 7 years agoHe's no Barry Scott though. -
CosmicFuzz 32,585 posts
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Registered 13 years agoWhat's the latest with the hyperloop then? Can I ride it yet? -
Fake_Blood 9,659 posts
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Registered 10 years agoWe don't seem to have a Tesla thread and I don't know a cool title to start one.
Anyhow, Tesla presented their "new" model x last night. It's not really new as they showed a concept two years ago. I think it took so long to get those 'falcon wing' doors right, but the good news is that it looks like they are able to open even with a car parked real close to it. It is a suv though, and fucking expensive. And even if I had the money I don't know if I would want those 'look at me' doors. But I have a background in engineering and find the whole thing fascinating. I just hope they hurry up and make that $30k regular people car.
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PatrickEwing 2,411 posts
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Registered 13 years agoApparently it senses you approaching the car and opens the doors (whilst allowing for the space it has to open them). I'm impressed that they are pushing the boundaries but I really don't think a range of 250miles can cut it for a family SUV. I can just imagine my kids sitting politely at Gordano services whilst it charges.
You're right, an average car from Tesla would be a game changer.
I'm really interested in the Volvo XC90 hybrid due next year, quoting 115 mpg (no idea on real life mpg), 20 mile range on the batteries for town and plenty fast enough, bugger all benefit in kind to boot. -
MrMattAdz 3,671 posts
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Registered 6 years agoPretty impressive if the numbers are true though, 3.2 seconds 0-60 in insane mode and 3.6 seconds with an estimated 250 mile range in the next mode down apparently. Does a family car really need 750bhp though? Can't help but think they should have focused on getting the range up rather than trying to get attention grabbing numbers.
Also aside from that massive touch-screen that teslas are known for, compared to rivals the quality of the interior components and build quality really do suffer, I guess that's why they didn't spend any time looking at it in the announcement.
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Fake_Blood 9,659 posts
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Registered 10 years agoPatrickEwing wrote:
It's a bit less than the model s, but the way Tesla describes it is that you'll typically want to drive 100 miles and then stop at a Tesla station and charge for 20 minutes and then drive another 100 and so on. If you have kids you'll be making stops anyway. But I agree more would obviously be better.
I really don't think a range of 250miles can cut it for a family SUV. I can just imagine my kids sitting politely at Gordano services whilst it charges.
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PatrickEwing 2,411 posts
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Registered 13 years agoAye I wasn't sure of the charge time, 20 odd minutes is doable.. What I do wonder is if electric is the way forwards, how many charging points are there going to be? -
MrMattAdz 3,671 posts
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Registered 6 years agoAlso on the topic of an affordable tesla, aren't there already a number of affordable electric cars and plug in hybrids?
I get that tesla have done a lot to push EVs forward and that they have a lot of interesting tech, but I can't help but feel that they've almost done an apple iPhone (probably a shit example but I couldn't think of anything else) where people don't seem to care about electric cars unless they're a tesla. -
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Registered 16 years agoThe e-Golf already outsells the equivalent Tesla 2 to 1 in Norway I think? Vaguely remembered stat from some diesel related stock research the other week. -
What's the equivalent tesla? The model s costs about £20,000 more than the golf.
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