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China's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel. (robbreport.com)

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[–] oakey66@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember when Elon Musk used hyperloop and boring company to build nothing in the US as a way to shut down public transportation efforts?

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

It was kind of genius TBH, since the benefit of that strategy helps Tesla in a roundabout way. He's such an awful human.