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Originally Posted by misher
You made several good points. i3 with Rex (I got the lease down to a crazy $630 including tax!).
I note that you say hazardous cargos are banned from tunnels but isn't that giant truck battery hazardous too? The risk is minimal but if it ever happened it would not be good.
I am wondering if the size of trucks would allow for solar panels to be useful? In the states and mexico though not here. I know for yachts they are beginning to become popular:
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Problem with solar is that it comes in a steady trickle throughout the day, and vehicles need power in big gulps; a panel on a Tesla semi would need about
seven hours to recharge 2%. Better to have a bunch of big panels at the depot/marina and recharge there instead.
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Originally Posted by WarrenC12
Hyperloop is based on science that's been around for a long time, it's one step above maglev IMO. The biggest problems are probably cost of construction and acquiring the land for reasonable routes.
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I'll have to call shenanigans on Hyperloop as well. Cost and practicality aside, Musk's own numbers say it can only move 840 pphpd. Maglev does 2,000+.
I think that he's fixated on it as a feat of engineering rather than an actual solution to a problem; same thing with his underground car tunnel network and Thai rescue sub.