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kleinbl00 · 3488 days ago · link · · parent · post: It's Official: SpaceX Is Building Elon Musk's Hyperloop
Elon Musk seems far more interested in technology than he does in marketing or infrastructure. Suppose he wants Hyperloop for what he says he wants it - a replacement for high speed rail to compete with air travel. This doesn't mean he sees SpaceX building lines from San Francisco to LA - it means he sees SpaceX selling or licensing their technology to transit authorities and third parties for integration. One of the big arguments against Tesla's roll-out was a lack of ready fast-charging stations nationwide. Tesla took some of that on the chin; the rest of it they attempted to defray by open-sourcing their charging and battery patents. Again, not a company that wants to build the gas stations, a company that wants to build the cars.