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35. Musk tweeted on July 20, 2017, that he had received "verbal govt. approval for the Boring Company to build an

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:05 PM

Dec 26

underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. It was a total lie.

https://wonderfulengineering.com/elon-musk-claim-govt-approval-hyperloop-turns-lie/

Elon Musk Claim About Govt. Approval Of ‘Hyperloop’ Turns Out To Be Lie

Mr. Musk, who has a habit of making some wild claims, did not say who gave him the permission, neither did he comment on the nature of the “verbal agreement.”

But anyone who has worked with the US authorities knows the US government does not work on “verbal government approvals.”

Sure enough, Musk had to walk-back on his claim in about 90 minutes

It was never built. In April 2022 he claimed his tunneling effort The Boring Company would “attempt to build a working hyperloop.” The following day the company tweeted “Hyperloop testing at full-scale begins later this year.” That also never happened. Musk spent the last decade barely engaging with the hyperloop, essentially outsourcing his attempt to kill high-speed rail.

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Musk is wrong about Mars [View all] struggle4progress Dec 24 OP

Melon Husk loves to over promise and under deliver Blue_Tires Dec 24 #1

See also: autonomous vehicles, the Cyber Truck, high-speed tunnels . . .. hatrack Dec 24 #8

Oh right, I forgot about his abandoned maglev project outside of Las Vegas Blue_Tires Dec 24 #12

'Unbreakable' windows shatter struggle4progress Dec 26 #26

There's no such thing as an unbreakable window anyways 😅 Blue_Tires Dec 26 #30

In 2014, he said people could expect Tesla self-driving cars with within months. Wiz Imp Dec 26 #33

One million Robotaxis would be on the road by the end of 2020, Musk promised in October 2019 Wiz Imp Dec 26 #34

Musk tweeted on July 20, 2017, that he had received "verbal govt. approval for the Boring Company to build an Wiz Imp Dec 26 #35

Elon Musk if full of shit and he knows it misanthrope Dec 24 #2

Only .39 of our gravity too IbogaProject Dec 24 #3

All of this. It would take so long to make even part of Mars SURVIVABLE... Parallax El Dec 24 #14

I recall Musk's appearance on Colbert misanthrope Dec 26 #17

who would go? rampartd Dec 24 #4

Start with his first prediction from 2011 Roy Rolling Dec 24 #5

First of all... 2naSalit Dec 24 #6

Yet now Maher worships Musk misanthrope Dec 26 #20

A very good... 2naSalit Dec 26 #23

He probably thinks it full of caramel mercuryblues Dec 24 #7

finally someone addresses the lack of a magnetic field HAB911 Dec 24 #9

That is the foundational matter misanthrope Dec 26 #21

I just watched a couple of hours HAB911 Dec 26 #25

That would qualify for science fiction misanthrope Dec 26 #31

A BS in BS! HAB911 Dec 26 #32

Dangerous delusion NJCher Dec 24 #10

Human consciousness doesn't reside in human beings? misanthrope Dec 26 #22

This type of thinking Linda ladeewolf Dec 24 #11

I would like to see humanity in its present form Crunchy Frog Dec 24 #13

How can you "wreck" a dead planet like Mars? EX500rider Dec 26 #24

Why doesn't he go to Mars and populate it? LisaL Dec 24 #15

For what it would cost to colonize Mars... Wounded Bear Dec 24 #16

I'm not 100% opposed to colonizing Mars in the near future if muskrat is on the lead rocket. retread Dec 26 #18

We might figure a way out to colonize Venus before Mars. Xolodno Dec 26 #19

What would be the point of either of those ventures spapeggy Dec 26 #29

If you want insight into Musk, I recommend reading "The Man who sold the Moon" by Robert Heinlein. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 26 #27

Trips to mars don't justify the cost spapeggy Dec 26 #28

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids edhopper Dec 26 #36

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