Texas,
I will add Jeep to my list as well - the torque delivered by electric motors would really allow those vehicles to climb
Interest point about cargo vs. passenger traffic. On steep grades, trucks move to the far right, unfortunately, passengers must move through the far right lanes to enter and exit the freeway.
I still hope to see a mag lev train in an evacuated tube, which could "ferry" trucks or just their trailers on long distances. A mag lev in a near vacuum could travel at airplane speeds, and each pod could be "fired" down the rails independently, no need to link them up in trains.
Recently, Quantum Tech figured out how to pressurize hydrogen up to 10 kpsi, by using the same pump that went from 0 - 5kpsi, to transfer hydrogen from a 5 kpsi tank, up to a 10 kpsi tank. Similarly, those air handlers that mining companies use to circulate air through mines, could be placed serially, with valves and venturi end shaped chambers to draw down the pressure in the mag lev tube system to near zero.
I imagine a mag lev evacuated tube system that could send both passengers and shipping containers all through the system with no waiting or scheduling. Multiple loading docks will load passengers and freight, first come, first serve, and each pod would queue up as they are released from the docks, and launch in order of release.
