People should re-read this article carefully. There is an insinuated connection between Musk's Hyperloop plan and the company ET3 and their evacuated tube design, but there is none.
Now that I think of it, did he meant "not a vacuum tunnel"?
Or did he meant "not a vacuum tunnel"?
My first thought was "Oh, so it's the thing he said it wouldn't be, just above the ground.", too. :P
FTA: "In theory, this elevated tube system"
So, yeah. Not a tunnel.
The comparison to an air hockey table indicates the opposite to a vacuum. Air hockey tables elevate the puck by blasting streams of air up from the table surface creating a cushion of air for the puck to glide on. Perhaps by saying it is not a "vacuum tunnel" he meant it is an "air tube". :)
But then again, he also said he'd publish something about it within 4 weeks. Of July last year.
Thanks. The article is deeply misleading. I skimmed it and linked to it on Facebook, but I deleted it because it's so disingenuously written. They start off by describing Elon Musk's hyperloop idea, and posting a photo of Musk, then seamlessly switch over to talking about this ET3 company's unassociated project for the rest of the article. Awful journalism.
Not journalism, it's a marketing fluff piece. The author is clearly trying to pump an unsuccessful company with a blurb and thin connection to a rumored Musk project.
Thanks for clarifying. I was under the impression ET3 was a stealth company he set up that has been working on Musk's idea. The article doesn't make it clear that the two are not connected.
Particularly frustrating because Musk has stated over and over and over that his hyperloop idea is not an evacuated tube system.
Yeah, I was about to reply this. The article actually recycles all the stuff we know, and insinuates on one theory that it might possibly be. I first took the 6 seat capsule thing as a given feature for Musk's design, but you need to read the article carefully to find out this is just a hypothesis based on another type of design, which Musk previously stated this is not a vac-tube.
Agreed. I noticed that as well and found it kind of scummy. I've read about ET3 and the hyperloop before separately and knew they weren't related.