Elon Musk and the "Hyperloop"

Elon Musk, most famously known as the inventor of the Tesla and a pioneer in the future of self-driving cars, recently launched a prototype for an autonomous public transport system called the Hyperloop. The Hyperloop train prototype is fully self-driving, cuts costs for passengers, and would be able to make a 350-mile trip in less than 40 minutes. The system Musk proposed would rely on depressurized air tubes powered by solar energy, through which passengers could travel through in pods going faster than the speed of sound. Although the project has not yet been started, it shows the bigger implications that autonomous technology could have for the future of public transport.

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