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dreamnightwind

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8. Elon Musk's Hyperloop!

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #6)

Fri May 8, 2015, 02:24 AM

May 2015

He was trying to get it built instead of the bullet train they are going to build from SF to LA. Pretty amazing. He moved on from the idea, and some other company is now running with the idea.

Firm working on Elon Musk's Hyperloop leases space in L.A.'s Arts District
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hyperloop-20150325-story.html

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