Hyperloop’s loss is high-speed rail’s gain
In 2013, Elon Musk published a white paper that teased the idea of zipping from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 35 minutes through a vacuum-sealed tube — a …
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Hyperloop One is reportedly shutting down
One of the longest-running hyperloop startups is reportedly shutting its doors. Hyperloop One, once backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, will cease operations on December 31 according to Bloomberg News. …
Hyperloop Ultra-High Speed Transport Is Hyper Dead
Hyperloop One is the company born to bring Elon Musk’s much hyped contention that it would be possible to engineer underground or above-ground virtually airless tubes to facilitate ultra-high speed mass …
Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup December 16, 2023
Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in beyond cars. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. Walter Isaacson …
NASA Won’t Share Details Of $5M SpaceX Drug Investigation
NASA spent three months looking into drug use at SpaceX, but the federal space agency is keeping quiet on what it found. According to Bob: Public Transit Is a Car …
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Drilled Only 2.4 Miles In 7 Years
At the outset of the Boring Company’s plans to build a network of underground tunnels in Las Vegas, Elon Musk claimed that the Boring Company would build one mile of …
Tesla Cybertruck’s Bulletproofing Is Garbage, Actually
Since day one, Elon Musk has touted the Tesla Cybertruck’s bulletproofing. That bulletproofing, however, has always proven to be kind of bullshit. Now, both on Joe Rogan’s podcast and the …
I Took Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Loop And It’s Just As Dumb As I Was Expecting
Image: The Boring Company This year I’m in Las Vegas for SEMA. It’s a wild place, especially if you decided to get started early like I did. Two hours in, …
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Decides Established Medical Term Is A ‘Slur’
Update 10/30/2023: Elon is tweeting about this again, so we’re re-running this post to explain why he’s wrong. Two Cars Is Always Better Than One | What Car Should You …
Another Explosive Airbag Recall Could Impact 52 Million Cars
Good morning! It’s Friday, October 6, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …