Musk "super high-speed rail" was smashed: passenger weightlessness

Musk envisaged the Hyperloop super high Speed railway Sina Science and technology Beijing time August 21 Morning News, the U.S. Science and Technology blog Business Insider Tuesday, Tesla (149.58,4.67,3.22%) Automotive CEO Ellon MASC (Elon Musk) The plan for the super high-speed rail Hyperloop was unveiled last week. This week, Alon Levy, a traffic-Allon Levi blogger, made a downright criticism of the plan. Levi's criticisms mainly include the following: 1. Hyperloop cannot cover all routes from San Francisco Center to downtown Los Angeles. If safety and travel time factors are considered, Hyperloop will not save more time than ordinary high-speed trains. Hyperloop's plan is to set up a terminal in Los Angeles Sylmar. In addition, Musk did not explain how Hyperloop crossed the San Francisco Bay. With these considerations in mind, it would not be quicker to travel Hyperloop from San Francisco to Los Angeles than to take 2 hours and 40 minutes of ordinary high-speed rail. The construction cost of 2.Hyperloop is at least 10 times times that of the 6 billion dollars musk claims. Musk far underestimated the cost of construction of the Hyperloop viaduct and did not consider the cost of building a bridge or tunnel across the San Francisco Bay. If the construction cost reaches 60 billion dollars, it is not much different from the ordinary high-speed rail. 3. Riding the Hyperloop will be dizzying, passengers will encounter significant changes in the acceleration of gravity, as well as vehicles tumbling, acceleration and braking. Hyperloop's high speed will lead to overweight and weightlessness, far more severe than the current high-speed rail and aircraft, Levy said. Most people will feel very uncomfortable. 4. Compared with high-speed rail, Hyperloop's passenger capacity is much smaller. Levy said that the Hyperloop per hour passenger transport capacity of 3360 people, and the high-speed rail and highways are 12,000 people and 4000 people. The real energy consumption of 5.Hyperloop is not much smaller than that of Musk. Levi said that he was either cheating or making a mistake. In short, Levi says, Hyperloop has no merit. But Levi did not say that Musk has achieved what many have been unable to do, such as the creation of a competitive new car company and the launch of a rocket. But Levi's view can still help the outside world to better evaluate Hyperloop. Such an assessment is expected to emerge after the Hyperloop's plan was announced. In the future, perhaps more industry experts will make their own comments. (Lili)