That's exactly what I was thinking. This appears more like a generic maglev system - except in a tube.

Pipeline transport has been around for ages at my first job BHRA we had a real small scale test rig I was offered math modelling or working on that department.

I didn't fancy crawling 1/4 a mile down a tube to unstick the pigs (with a one tone load) when they got stuck.

Ps Elon if your reading this I am sure that my old Boss at BHRA can put in touch with the research we did back then

How so? It uses wheels.

Don't be so negative... it's a first generation prototype for a university project. Let them figure out one system at a time.

Which is fine, but it's hardly news-worthy?

Newsworthy these days means click worthy.