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  • Agreed, It’d be interesting to see the cost breakdowns.

    I guess you have to spend more on tracks to get higher speeds, but still to get to 600kph you must put a lot of electricity into that thing.

    If sort of feels like maglev should be able recover a decent amount of electricity during braking, but maybe there are practical constraints - or just too much loss to wind resistance.

    Maybe it comes down to just a handful of magnets round a few axles being cheaper than a long line of magnets the length of the track.