ET3 (tm) is a patented technology where travel occurs without air resistance or rolling resistance. ET3 can accomplish fifty times more transportation per kWh than electric cars or trains. Air is permanently removed from two 5' diameter tubes built along a travel route. ET3 is not pneumatic tube transport as used at drive-up banks. Car-sized passenger/cargo capsules travel in the tubes on friction
less maglev. Airlocks at stations allow transfer without admitting air. Linear motors safely accelerate the capsules, then they coast through the vacuum. Acceleration energy is recovered with linear generators that decelerate the capsules. ET3 is networked like freeways, the capsules are automatically routed like Internet traffic, yet a capsule can exit at any desired portal. Speeds of 350 mph for in-state use will develop to 4,000 mph for cross country and global travel. Empty ET3 capsules weigh 400 lbs yet can accommodate six people or three pallets of cargo. Guideways to support ET3 capsules require 1/20th the material needed to support trains. Material efficiency and automated production will drop cost to less than 1/10th that of High Speed Rail, or 1/4th that of freeways. Automated switching allows a 350mph ET3 route to exceed the capacity of a 32 lane freeway, producing further economy. ET3 value will produce ROI high enough to guarantee private investment. Collectively companies have invested billions developing ET3 (though most are yet unaware of it); for instance, many companies currently produce the hardware and software necessary to build and automate ET3. The technology is owned by et3.com Inc., an open and growing consortium of licensees. These companies and individuals collectively network, and leverage their assets to implement, manage, and improve, ET3.