No - they are essentially multiple-unit trains. Each car has to have a set of magnets to provide levitation, and most - if not all - will also have set of magnets that operate sequentially to drag the train along the corresponding set of magnets arranged along the track. Together these form a 'linear motor'.
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No - they are essentially multiple-unit trains. Each car has to have a set of magnets to provide levitation, and most - if not all - will also have set of magnets that operate sequentially to drag the train along the corresponding set of magnets arranged along the track. Together these form a 'linear motor'.
No, all vehicles have to have electric motors in order to power the magnetic levitation.