The train set in the last video appears to be a refurbished S-Bahn.
Where is an Hyperloop train when we need one?
The train set in the last video appears to be a refurbished S-Bahn.
Hyperloop is not suited for short distance travel.
Also this is temporary solution which will be replaced after a few years and is not operated by Tesla. Just an extension of existing train network.
It's not suited for anything. It's just hype.
Tesla own the track. And do you have a reference that it's going to replaced after a few years? And by what?
Longer term a nearby Deutsche Bahn owned station at Fangschleuse on the mainline, served by regular commuter rail services to and from Berlin, is to be re-located near the new Tesla factory but not before 2025; whether the dedicated Tesla shuttle train will continue long term is not currently known.
Tesla owns the track, most of which is previously existing track they bought. But they do not operate the trains.
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/tesla-buys-german-railway-line-plans-passenger-trains-2/
If they wanted a battery train they could have got one, or at least arranged for the order of one with the operator or however that works.
If they had to run diesel for now because of avialability, so be it, that's fine.
But what you don't do it have a huge flashy public opening of a diesel train without any mention at all of any eventual transition to a battery train. Huge PR failure.
If they wanted a battery train they could have got one, or at least arranged for the order of one with the operator or however that works.There is no readily available battery train they can put into actual service here and now.
Also as far as I'm aware there was no huge event about that. This is literally the only thing I could find about Tesla actually promoting it https://twitter.com/teslaeurope/status/1698637458563387808 Nothing on their YouTube channel. I don't consider running the first train at 5AM an hiring a DJ a "huge flashy public opening ".
More like media making a big deal from anything insignificant they could find about Elon/Tesla.
Not true. They were running on the network in Jan 2022, it's just a matter of availability.
https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2022/1/alstom-and-deutsche-bahn-test-first-battery-train-passenger-operation
If they wanted a battery train they could have got one, or at least arranged for the order of one with the operator or however that works.There is no readily available battery train they can put into actual service here and now.
Not true. They were running on the network in Jan 2022, it's just a matter of availability.
https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2022/1/alstom-and-deutsche-bahn-test-first-battery-train-passenger-operation
https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/deutsche-bahn-and-alstom-with-positive-feedback-for-the-first-battery-train/
An official tweet of a highly produced video from Tesla Europe about the grand opening doesn't warrant media coverage? Of course it does.
Only test trains existing literally means they are not available right now. Should Tesla hinder their operations and wait for those trains to be actually released just to gain a bit of public optics? Not to say waiting for things to happen is contrary to what Elon/Tesla does. They would rather half-ass it now and do properly later.
Highly produced? It's as cheap as it gets. 30 seconds of with some pretty basic real life shooting and relatively minor editing. One camera put bihind front glass in train, two gimbal cameras on the station and some Drone shooting. It's a less than half days work of some mediocre youtuber and their friend. It's highly edited only compared with your talking head in front of a camera, nothing wrong with either approach.
As of those news articles... media manages to spew out 1000 word articles from some stupid 5 word tweet Elon casually shitposts. The fact is Tesla just introduced a train for their workers, put a minor announcement on their local EU twitter account and media blew it out of proportion all over the world. Does not mean Tesla shall fear announcing anything without extreme vetting in fear of bad PR as many companies do these days.
Only test trains existing literally means they are not available right now.
Only test trains existing literally means they are not available right now.
Erm - no.
They are available and already running on regular service now.
There is an electric train loop (I think I was in France) with kinetic energy storage systems at each stop that provide the breaking/acceleration. Sounds like jet spooling up/down.