When completed, the maglev train will reach 621 miles per hour, much faster than commercial flights.
  • flux
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    1 year ago

    For reference https://vaclavsmil.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/January2019.pdf says

    Jet airliners are surprisingly efficient, commonly requiring around 2 MJ/pkm (=3.22 MJ/pmile). With full flights and the latest airplane designs, they can do it at less than 1.5 MJ/pkm (=2.41 MJ/pmile)

    So 6x is still a big difference. Not sure what I expected, but maybe this is smaller.