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.
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.
I agree that the original source isn’t 100% unimpeachable, but I also wouldn’t call OP’s post a “lie.” A reporter included this assertion as fact in a biography of Musk based on extensive reporting. It’s always difficult to gauge the veracity of anonymous sources, but Vance seems very confident that the Hyperloop thing is true. Whether that’s based on a conversation with Musk himself or someone close to him, we don’t really know.
The quote from that biography is “It seemed that Musk…” - Using the phrase “Musk admitted” Is quite directly a lie.
The admission was never part of the original biography, nor the source article this is linking to. It was specifically added by the tooter, and was completely unnecessary.