They were invented decades ago.

They have fewer moving parts than wheelbois.

They require less maintenance.

There’s obviously some bottleneck in expanding maglev technology, but what is it?

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    1 year ago

    I doubt conventional trains are regularly traveling at the speed record. Thats a poor way to compare the speeds of things.

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      Regular conventional service is much much faster than regular maglev service. It’s not even a comparison at this point.