The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled.

He never planned to improve transportation; he just wants to keep people trapped in cars.

https://newrepublic.com/article/174089/big-tech-watching-drive

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Big Tech Is Watching You as You Drive

After years of failed promises on transit, Silicon Valley is loading cars with new technologies to get a cut of the profits—and to collect data on us.

The New Republic