It’s abundantly clear that potential customers are interested in cargo, while passenger travel is somewhat farther away,” DP World said in a statement. “Focusing on pallets is easier to do — there is less risk for passengers and less of a regulatory process.”
“It’s allowing the company to respond in a more agile and nimble way and in a more cost-efficient manner,” Virgin Hyperloop reported to the Financial Times. And the development of public transport will halt in favor of a laser focus on freight “These types of decisions are never taken lightly.”
Virgin Hyperloop vs Elon Musk Boring Co.
The vacuum-tube technology was initially pioneered by billionaire Elon Musk. And his efforts continue to focus on passenger transport.
The Boring Company, with Musk at the helm, is developing infrastructure and tunneling systems.
Last year in Las Vegas it opened its first underground transportation system. And Tesla drivers, not vacuum tubes, ferry passengers throughout the system.
The Vegas 1.7-mile-long tunnel system cost the company an estimated $47 million to build. And the system is being expanded to run from the city center to the airport.
