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HTT, which lays claim to the brand name «
hyperloop» — a futuristic transport system that essentially involves sucking people through a vacuum tube
at high speed — says it is «building the first commercial line in Abu Dhabi.»
The so - called «Bos - Wash Landliner» was imagined in the late 1960s as running on air skis (a little like the initial
Hyperloop proposal), vacuuming up moving vehicles
at 60 miles an hour, and housing everything from a 100 seat theater to a gym.
A
Hyperloop is a nascent transportation system that pushes pods through a vacuum - sealed tube, and the goal is to transport people between cities
at speeds of up to 700 mph.
It's not
at all a given that
Hyperloop One's test will go as planned.
Musk says he won't be able to build the
Hyperloop himself, because of his duties
at SpaceX and Tesla.
The car elevator is just the latest mini-step towards Musk's vision of underground tunnels that could be used for cars or a futuristic transport system called
hyperloop that theoretically would send people and packages, housed inside reduced - pressure tubes, long distances
at super speeds.
The
Hyperloop would send travelers through low - pressure tubes in specialized pods that zoom
at high subsonic speeds, reaching more than 700 mph (1,100 kilometers per hour).
(A representative for
Hyperloop One wouldn't confirm or deny that figure to Inc.) placeholder That's an extremely high number for a company that is still yet to prove its technology works
at full scale.
All of the proposed routes —
Hyperloop One is currently weighing 10 of them — are
at least 200 miles long, which would mean a minimum cost of roughly $ 20 billion.
It's not just wishful thinking to want Musk to build
at least a prototype of his proposed
Hyperloop.
Ultimately, Musk wants to build a network of underground tunnels that could be used for cars or a futuristic transport system called
hyperloop that theoretically would send people and packages, housed inside reduced - pressure tubes, long distances
at super speeds.
The
hyperloop's pods aim to zoom along in vacuum - sealed tubes
at around 700 mph.
The
Hyperloop is a high - speed ground transport concept proposed by Musk to transport «pods» of 20 to 30 people through a 12 - foot diameter tube
at speeds of roughly 700 mph.
The top teams will build their pods and test them
at the world's first
Hyperloop Test Track, being built adjacent to SpaceX's Hawthorne, California, headquarters.
Last month, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a competition among more than 1,000 college students who presented design concepts for how the
Hyperloop might transport pods of people from city to city
at high speeds.
Ahlborn has stated he has more than 400 investors willing to buy into the project — and says the
Hyperloop could potentially sell energy by producing more power than it needs — but even
at the lowest possible estimate, it's unclear whether the project would be able to attract enough funding to get off the ground.
Teams developing pods to work on the superfast transport system
hyperloop are heading to California to test their devices
at SpaceX.
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk released the original
Hyperloop white paper in 2013, describing a system that would efficiently shoot hovering pods full of cargo or passengers through a depressurized tube
at up to 700 mph.
The
hyperloop, a catch - all term describing the technology that's been developed by numerous companies since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk crowdsourced the idea in 2012, resembles a bullet train that can theoretically travel
at velocities nearing the speed of sound (about 700 miles per hour).
For Phase 2, we built upon everything we learned from our initial test and accomplished faster and faster speeds
at a farther distance,»
Hyperloop One's chief engineer and co-founder Josh Giegel said in a statement.
Hyperloop One completed the second phase of testing its ultrafast transportation system, propelling an aerodynamic pod down a low - pressure tube
at record speed and distance, the company announced Wednesday.
Step aside, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, or whoever had the most recent rap feud —
Hyperloop startups are trying their hand
at beef.
Hyperloop could save,
at most, a combined time of about 6 million minutes (12 years) across all commuters each day.
You can watch the launch event right here
at 6:10 p.m.: Related: Elon Musk to Build «
Hyperloop» Track, Likely in Texas
His Boring Company wants to build a «
Hyperloop» vacuum - tube tunnel that would suck people from Washington, D.C. to New York in less than half an hour,
at speeds of almost 800 mph.
Several of the teams attending this weekend are returning with newly designed prototypes, such as the WARR
Hyperloop team
at the Technical University of Munich.
More than 20 teams developing pods to work on the
hyperloop, the superfast transport system, are heading to California this weekend to test their devices
at SpaceX's test track.
Magomedov is co-executive chairman of Los Angeles - based tech firm Virgin
Hyperloop One chaired by Richard Branson, one of several firms developing a futuristic transport system that involves propelling people
at high speed through sealed tubes.
A trip in a
Hyperloop tube from Los Angeles to San Francisco — a six - hour car ride — could take just over 30 minutes
at the speeds engineers are promising.
Less than a year after making public his concept for a «
Hyperloop» high - speed transportation system — essentially saying, «have
at it, developers» — the erstwhile PayPal co-founder, current CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, and general poster boy for successful geeky entrepreneurs has made another bold declaration of his laissez - faire attitude toward intellectual property.
The
hyperloop would travel 700 mph in a nearly frictionless tube, likely either
at ground level or below.
Earlier this summer
at the D11 conference, when Musk first mentioned the idea of the
Hyperloop, he described it as a «cross between a Concorde, a rail gun and an air hockey table.»
At the time, Inc. suggested that a mogul like Branson could be the key piece the
hyperloop needed to become a reality.
Giegel had also met Branson several times when he worked as a engineering team leader
at Virgin Galactic just before he left to found
Hyperloop One.
Propelled by compressed air and induction motors inside a vacuum tube, Elon Musk's
Hyperloop passenger - train concept is designed to travel
at 760 mph — much faster than Japan's new maglev bullet train (374 mph).
They want to combine DP World expertise in port operations with Virgin
Hyperloop One's hyperloop technology to move goods between cities at a high - speed and lo
Hyperloop One's
hyperloop technology to move goods between cities at a high - speed and lo
hyperloop technology to move goods between cities
at a high - speed and low - cost:
Hyperloop, Elon Musk's dream to transport passengers
at the speed of sound through vacuum tunnels between major cities, is going to cost much more than the billionaire industrialist first thought.
They are leveraging the same
hyperloop tube and pod technologies that they have been working on for years now — albeit the fact that it was mainly aimed
at passenger travel.
«Traveling
at top speeds of 1000 km / h DP World Cargospeed systems, enabled by Virgin
Hyperloop One technology, will transport high - priority, time - sensitive goods including fresh food, medical supplies, electronics, and more.
«We have already virtually tested an initial concept of the
Hyperloop,» said Sandeep Sovani, director of automotive and ground transportation industry
at ANSYS, using simulation technology used today by major manufacturers of aircraft, rockets, trains and automobiles.
However, plans for building the first section of
Hyperloop are alive and well for the supersonic train that can carry passengers
at speeds up to 800 miles per hour.
Take
Hyperloop: In 2013, Musk unveiled his vision of a revolutionary, if somewhat retro - looking, new transport system that would whisk people through tubes
at speeds approaching 1,200 km / h, and challenged others to run with the concept.
Speaking
at the SpaceX
Hyperloop Pod Design Competition at Texas A&M University on Friday, Foxx called the hyperloop a «very solid idea» and a «special moment in transportation» — one having «the potential for a moonshot» — as reported by T
Hyperloop Pod Design Competition
at Texas A&M University on Friday, Foxx called the
hyperloop a «very solid idea» and a «special moment in transportation» — one having «the potential for a moonshot» — as reported by T
hyperloop a «very solid idea» and a «special moment in transportation» — one having «the potential for a moonshot» — as reported by The Verge.
As it currently stands, Musk's SpaceX and companies
Hyperloop Technologies and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies are locked in a three - way race to build and develop a hyperloop test track, which will exhibit levitation and propulsion technologies at th
Hyperloop Technologies and
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies are locked in a three - way race to build and develop a hyperloop test track, which will exhibit levitation and propulsion technologies at th
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies are locked in a three - way race to build and develop a
hyperloop test track, which will exhibit levitation and propulsion technologies at th
hyperloop test track, which will exhibit levitation and propulsion technologies
at their peak.
While Abu Alhassan did state that passengers would have to be buckled in
at all times due to the
Hyperloop One's speed, passengers could look forward to an enjoyable experience due to the pod's interactive entertainment system.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will be the keynote speaker
at the first event, a
Hyperloop design weekend for the finalists
at Texas A&M University on January 13th, 2016.
Reactions
at the time ranged from excitement to skepticism to outright disbelief — Musk was even accused of sabotaging the high - speed rail project for profit, despite his statement that he had no plans to develop the
Hyperloop commercially.
Bader Al - Asaker, secretary general of the Misk Foundation, with Josh Giegel, founder of Virgin
Hyperloop One,
at the signing ceremony in Riyadh.
But on Jan. 15th of this year, Musk shook up the field when he announced plans to build a
Hyperloop test track and hold a contest in summer 2016
at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif..