Adam Kovacs and Adam Westbrook explain why Elon Musk’s Hyperloop and Boring Loop are not serious solutions to real-world transportation challenges.
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“What’s a Gadgetbahn?” Anton Dubrau, Catbus
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Elon Musk must feel sorry for those exploited, underpaid Uber drivers. He wants to replace them with self-driving robot taxis. By next year.
“I feel very confident predicting 1 million autonomous robo-taxis for Tesla next year. Not in all jurisdictions because we won’t have regulatory approval everywhere, but I’m confident we will have regulatory approval at least somewhere, literally next year.”
— “Elon Musk says Tesla will have 1 million autonomous taxis on the road by next year,” Michael Burke, The Hill
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“Elon Musk thinks Tesla can build 1M ‘robotaxis’ in the next year,” Cale Guthre Weissman, Fast Company
“Tesla’s 2020 self-driving car promise sounds too good to be true because it is,” Emily Stewart, Recode
Update:
“Tesla’s long-shot robotaxi plan,” Joann Muller, Axios
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX corporation is scheduled to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket today. The 200 foot tall, 1500 ton space vehicle will be powered entirely by loud electric guitars, if the SpaceX video (above) is any guide.
More:
“Can Elon Musk disrupt deep space with the world’s most powerful rocket?” Tim Fernholz, Quartz
Updates:
“SpaceX successfully launches the world’s most powerful rocket, in a spectacle that sends a Tesla on its way to Mars,” Christian Davenport, Washington Post
“The middle booster of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket failed to land on its drone ship,” Loren Grush, The Verge
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