“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.”
https://twitter.com/BrentToderian/status/1557224539267817472
I take some issue with their points about micromobility. Sure the rentals like Lime and Bird are basically dead, but micromobility scooters and other small EVs are far from it, at least outside of north america. To be fair to the person in the article though it's China and not SV making these vehicles.