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Re:Hyperloop startup Arrivo is shutting down as workers are ... by prostoalex on Monday December 24, 2018 @11:21PM (#18755876)
> Hyperloop is neighter "cheap" or "easy" to create. Its approx. 10 times as expensive to operate than "Mad-Lev" trains

Is this across the board? I'd imagine the cost estimates would differ depending on where the line would be located - on raised platforms, below ground, or at ground level e.g. a highway divider lane? Or is Hyperloop impractical for pretty much all of the use cases?

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Re:Hyperloop startup Arrivo is shutting down as workers are ... by Rotten194 on Tuesday December 25, 2018 @01:02AM (#18756192)
Well hyperloop will be more expensive any place maglev is more expensive. If maglev costs $x to build above ground, and $5x to build underground, then hyperloop would cost $10x and $50x, would it not? (disregarding what the actual scaling factor is)
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