It's about $ 20 million per mile to
build HTT's version of the Hyperloop, according to Ahlborn — a fraction of the current cost of building high - speed rail in the U.S.
Not exact matches
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.»
Last fall, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (
HTT), a competitor with a similar name, said it would
build a five - mile test track in central California.
Earlier this March,
HTT said it reached an agreement with Slovakia for a possible Hyperloop system to be
built in that country.
HTT claims its technology is cheaper to
build than regular high - speed trains, which Modi's government has already been considering nation - wide.
In London, at an event called Transport To The Future,
HTT's chief operation officer Bibop Gresta revealed that the $ 150 million five mile test track will be
built in California's Quay Valley.
Since then, a research company called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (
HTT)-- unaffiliated with Musk or any of his other companies and ventures — is right on track to making science - fiction legit science by
building an actual test track for the technology in California.
HTT bought land last year to begin initial construction on the Hyperloop in Quay Valley — a proposed 75,000 resident, solar - powered concept city being
built in King's County, California that intends to use
HTT's test track as its main transportation system.
Built - in AR screens could also help
HTT monetize in other ways — with digital advertising to a captive audience for short bursts as passengers zip from city to city.
Anticipation
built in 2013 when pharmaceutical giant Roche announced a partnership with Ionis to develop the ASO drug for HD, which they call * IONIS -
HTT Rx *.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (
HTT), a research company committed to
building the revolutionary Hyperloop transit system, inspired by Elon Musk's idea of making people travel in high - speed tubes, has secured a target launch date of 2016 to
build a working full - scale demo version of the Hyperloop.