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Elon Musk brought the concept of the Hyperloop to the foreground in 2013, when he released an open - source document detailing the high - speed, long - distance transport system.

TAMPA — One of the top executives in the far - off world of Hyperloop technology, Dirk Ahlborn, spoke at the Synapse Innovation Summitt last month at Amalie Arena.

TransPod wants to raise $ 50 million for its own version of hyperloop technology, designed to ferry passengers at speeds of more than 1,000 kilometers (622 miles) an hour.

The CEO and co-founder of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies talked to the cro...

When a conversation between Musk and investor Shervin Pishevar sparked an idea that this technology can also be used for cargo, it created the base for the creation of Hyperloop One.

In 2017, we are starting to see successful results of the Hyperloop technology better known as Elon Musk's dream.

And yet, for centuries to come, people will only remember the idea of hyperloop as Musk's vision (the benefit of making it an open source design)

In an official release by Hyperloop One today, the company mentioned that it completed its first full - scale testing of the Hyperloop technology in a vacuum environment on the 12th of May.

Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of Hyperloop said that it isn't a test track.

Although, as of now, the main intent of the startup is to prove the viability of the Hyperloop project, while at the same time developing something that can be called more than a tech demo.

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.

The first models of Hyperloop show capsule interiors that resemble train cabins, with traditional seats and storage compartments; the estimated cost of a Hyperloop ride would be as low as $ 20.

Conceptual sketches of the Hyperloop released in August's white paper show a small passenger area inside a sleek, cigarette - like car with DeLorean-esque doors.

The company's stated goal is to deliver palletized cargo more efficiently by combining super high - speed promise of hyperloop transportation with new logistics technologies to accelerate deliveries along Virgin Hyperloop One's planned routes between Mumbai and Pune in India; in Saudi Arabia, and in the United Arab Emirates.

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.

«Hyperloop One is the only company in the world building an operational commercial Hyperloop system,» said Rob Lloyd, chief executive officer of Hyperloop One.

«The U.S. has always been a global innovation vanguard — driving advancements in computing, communication and media to rail, automobiles and aeronautics,» said Shervin Pishevar, executive chairman of Hyperloop One.

Shervin Pishevar, co - founder / Managing Director, Sherpa Capital and co - founder / Executive Chairman of Hyperloop One

The FAQ sheet broke news that Musk and the team at The Boring Company, in cooperation with Tesla, are planning to build tunnels that can support multi-payloads including that of a Hyperloop Pod.

Chairman and co-founder of Hyperloop One prior to Virgin's involvement, Shervin Pishevar, recently took a leave of absence due to allegations of sexual misconduct.

«The fact that we have made so much progress with governments around the world speaks to the transformative nature of Hyperloop One's technology and the material transportation and societal benefits it unlocks,» Brent Callinicos, COO and CFO of Hyperloop One, said in a statement.

Hyperloop's end - game sees the country covered in a network of Hyperloop transportation options, carrying passengers across the U.S.

A full - scale prototype model of a Hyperloop One passenger pod was unveiled in Dubai's City Walk Mall, showcasing the amenities and design of the next - generation, high - speed transport system.

Elon Musk's SpaceX and rival companies Hyperloop Technologies and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. now all have a glowing regulatory co-signer into the construction of a hyperloop and it's coming from United States Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

Elon Musk and his company, SpaceX, have finally chosen one of the major firms that will be integral to the construction of the Hyperloop.

For today, it's useful to just think about the impact of the Hyperloop on the airline industry.

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.

«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.

Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of JumpStartFund, leads a team of more than 100 engineers and students to bring to fruition Musk's idea of the Hyperloop.

As we noted in a previous report, Dubai has proven to be a supporter of the Hyperloop concept.

Over the next few months, when Musk was asked about it, he said that when he had time he might publish an open - source version of this Hyperloop plan for others to work on, and meanwhile he offered more opaque clues as to what his idea was («a cross between a Concorde and a rail gun and an air - hockey table... if they had a three - way and had a baby somehow»), which inspired lots of online speculation, much of it deeply skeptical.

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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.»

Speaking of the Hyperloop — between that and Virgin Galactic, your companies seem to have a lot of overlap with Elon Musk's.

On Monday, Virgin Hyperloop One (one Los Angeles - based company that's developing the technology) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled a prototype of a Hyperloop pod for the project.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk promoted the idea of the hyperloop in 2013.

While these teams, along with larger companies such as Hyperloop One and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, are working on solving the technical issues of the hyperloop, other challenges exist ahead for the transportations system.

The cost of this Hyperloop project is likely to be astronomically high.

Also sitting in on the interview were CTO Brogan BamBrogan, formerly an engineer with SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, and Chrysler; and Shervin Pishevar, co-founder of both Hyperloop Tech and Sherpa Ventures.

Musk — who already plays leading roles in the SpaceX rocket venture, the Tesla electric car company and the SolarCity solar - energy company — unveiled what he has called the «alpha» version of the Hyperloop plan in a blog post on Monday.

The advantage of the hyperloop, he adds, is that its going around, say, a mountain — instead of through it — will only add a few minutes to the trip's time.

The original video mistakenly credited the footage inside the Hyperloop to Hyperloop One instead of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.

Just outside of Las Vegas, NV, Hyperloop One just conducted the first propulsion test of their hyperloop technology.

Ahlborn will discuss the project's progress, the collaboration of the project's partners, and what it takes to build the first passenger - ready version of the Hyperloop.

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But the elder Rosenthal is more than just a figurehead: He remains an active participant in all facets of Raleigh's business and is a close observer of the technologies and trends that could shape the organization's future, name - checking everything from Instagram to Elon Musk's proposed Hyperloop high - speed transportation system.

By building a series of underground tunnels, Musk hopes the company will create the infrastructure for new forms of transit, like Hyperloop, that will allow people to travel faster and face less congestion.

Virgin Hyperloop is «way ahead» of other companies focused on the high speed transportation technology, Richard Branson said.»

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From electric cars that can drive themselves to modernized public transport such as the Hyperloop to human - sized drones and hover boards (real ones, not those silly two - wheeled contraptions that catch on fire), we are entering an era of potentially dramatic change on the transportation front.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Dubai - based port operator DP World put its name Sunday on the hyperloop technology it has already spent millions of dollars to develop as work continues to make it operational across the grand plans of its designers.