Cost factor is the main issue from what I can see. A standard elevator is a largely stupid simple design. This one is not.<br><br>It certainly will have customers but those will be quite rare,(reply>), @Garage Ghost interestingly enough there is a different system (which has been around for longer than this to my knowledge) that they came up with which has 2 cabs in the same shaft which are independent to each other, but it works similar to if there was only one can in the shaft,(reply>), @MetalheadAndNerd imagine bringing politic into this,(reply>), @Niklas Mertens on top of that, you could run more than one cab in one shaft, as the cab can just side step at each floor to let people out, while other cabs can pass it.<br><br>This is especially useful for large towers where one cab per shaft can severely slow down the process. So this is indeed best suited for large towers.,(reply>), Paint it gold and we know in who's tower it will be soon installed.,(reply>), Well its for large towers only. I think the maximum height for a conventional elevatior is around 100-200m (guessing here). So anything higher then that would need multiple plateaus where you would need to change the elevator to go further. <br>linear actuation does not impose such limits. The other stuff is extra candy thrown top because you get that "for free" due to the new drive. <br><br>Im assuming someone thought about how they could give the linear drive more usecases ^^