First Cable-Free Elevator Zooms Horizontally and Vertically Using Maglev Tech

Re:First Cable-Free Elevator Zooms Horizontally and Vertical... by booblik on Monday June 26, 2017 @02:04AM (#14634441)

5 times as expensive to install, and looking at all those moving parts probably 10 times as epensive to maintain.

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Re:First Cable-Free Elevator Zooms Horizontally and Vertical... by dx034 on Monday June 26, 2017 @05:14AM (#14635263)

That's only for the first version. It's not unlikely that they can compete by price in the future. First versions of a new technology are (nearly) always more expensive than the existing, mass produced product.

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Re:First Cable-Free Elevator Zooms Horizontally and Vertical... by tonyedgecombe on Monday June 26, 2017 @08:14AM (#14636110)

Elevators are a huge constraint in tall buildings, something like this could have a dramatic impact on overall building costs.

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