I wonder what the energy consumption of such an elevator is compared to that of a standard elevator.,(reply>), It's fine if it drops you just jump so you don't get hurt,(reply>), Much more power, it consumes souls to operate,(reply>), Jacob Shepley Yes, there are permanent magnets in there, but not the copper plates like on a rollercoaster cart. People here are fantasizing too much after hearing one familiair technical term.,(reply>), yeah the magnets are attracted to the rails. generating a field with the electromagnets pushes the field to repel them in carefully controlled directions to induce movement. power outage means magnets sticking to rails.,(reply>), they did say that this used permanent magnets