Comments on: Maglev Industry Gains Momentum, But Is Big Cost A Turn-Off? http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/12/18/maglev-industry-gains-momentum-but-is-big-cost-a-turn-off/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Elmar Hutter http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/12/18/maglev-industry-gains-momentum-but-is-big-cost-a-turn-off/comment-page-1/#comment-43390 Elmar Hutter Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:11:30 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=7023#comment-43390 Maglevs in prefactured "panorama" tubes - partly digged into the ground - or in underground tubes would be better protected than on open air tracks. Landscape and nature would be very grateful for such an integral solution. Maglevs in prefactured “panorama” tubes – partly digged into the ground – or in underground tubes would be better protected than on open air tracks. Landscape and nature would be very grateful for such an integral solution.

]]> By: Gerhard Mulder http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/12/18/maglev-industry-gains-momentum-but-is-big-cost-a-turn-off/comment-page-1/#comment-43314 Gerhard Mulder Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:13:12 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=7023#comment-43314 I was luky to made a ride in the Transrapid 08 at the testtrack in Germany, I must say this is the way to get people out of the plane en back in to the train. What a wonderful invention. The cost are high but the maintenace 50 % lower. So in time it has a lot of advantage. Yes the chinees already knows, ho will be the next ? I was luky to made a ride in the Transrapid 08 at the testtrack in Germany, I must say this is the way to get people out of the plane en back in to the train. What a wonderful invention. The cost are high but the maintenace 50 % lower. So in time it has a lot of advantage. Yes the chinees already knows, ho will be the next ?

]]> By: Laurence E. Blow http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/12/18/maglev-industry-gains-momentum-but-is-big-cost-a-turn-off/comment-page-1/#comment-43271 Laurence E. Blow Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:32:39 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=7023#comment-43271 Good summary of the meeting this week. I think maglev's time is coming soon, too. One small correction, though: When you say, "[the Las Vegas project] would adopt maglev technology used in China by Shanghai Transrapid, which moves passengers 19 miles between the Pudong International Airport and downtown Shanghai at speeds of roughly 220 mph," you're shortchanging the performance of the maglev there a little. The routine top speed of the Shanghai maglev is 267 mph, or 430 km/hour, and the average speed is 145 mph, or about 240 km/hour, for the 7.5-minute one-way trip. Good summary of the meeting this week. I think maglev’s time is coming soon, too.

One small correction, though: When you say, “[the Las Vegas project] would adopt maglev technology used in China by Shanghai Transrapid, which moves passengers 19 miles between the Pudong International Airport and downtown Shanghai at speeds of roughly 220 mph,” you’re shortchanging the performance of the maglev there a little.

The routine top speed of the Shanghai maglev is 267 mph, or 430 km/hour, and the average speed is 145 mph, or about 240 km/hour, for the 7.5-minute one-way trip.

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