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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I didn't even know Germany designed maglev train tech, usually when these trains are mentioned it's related to Japan or China. Interesting

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The Germans built a maglev test track over 20 years ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Chinese maglev IS the German Transrapid. The Chinese don’t have the mental horsepower too design this kind of stuff