Sentences with phrase «on hyperloop»

As far as I am concerned let's bring on the hyperloop!

More details on the Hyperloop can be found in our post here: Elon Musk unveils Hyperloop, a futuristic, solar - powered supersonic pod - train

The other startup working on the Hyperloop, aptly called Hyperloop Technologies, is laying out its own track in the California desert.

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.

Those excited to ride on the Hyperloop on their own will be pleased to know that they could be riding using the tech in only five years.

According to Wired, the project also just announced that it has garnered up to 400 team members to work on the Hyperloop.

Most companies working on hyperloop systems are currently focused on the actual low - pressure tunnel and propulsion sub-systems and not the interior of the passenger pods.

President Trump, meanwhile, is yet to comment publicly on the Hyperloop, though he has pledged spending $ 1 trillion on U.S. infrastructure over the next decade.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

On March 9, Musk tweeted that he is «adjusting the Boring Company plan: all tunnels & Hyperloop will prioritize pedestrians & cyclists over cars,» adding that the systems «will still transport cars, but only after all personalized mass transit needs are met.

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.

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

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.

From his Boring Company to Hyperloop and reusable rockets, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk had a lot to discuss the 2017 TED conference on Friday.

WARR Hyperloop, the student - run team that won SpaceX's competition, hit 201 mph on the same track.

Hyperloop One, a startup pursuing the system for commercial use, reached a top speed of 192 mph in August on its 500 - meter test track in Nevada.

Elon Musk released plans for his Hyperloop high - speed transit system on Monday, following days of speculation on what it was and how it would work.

Branson first started speaking with Hyperloop One about coming on board back in April, then came out to the Nevada desert the next month to see the rail in action.

Hyperloop One, one of the companies looking to create the high - speed rail that Elon Musk outlined in 2013, on Tuesday released a video that shows what it might look like to travel by Hyperloop.

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.

His «Hyperloop» is a subsonic air travel machine completely reliant on solar energy.

Teams developing pods to work on the superfast transport system hyperloop are heading to California to test their devices at SpaceX.

Pishevar said in a statement on Tuesday that he would take a leave of absence from venture firm Sherpa Capital and transportation startup Hyperloop One.

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.

When asked on Twitter (twtr) to elaborate on his «high - speed loop» proposal that would link O'Hare Airport to downtown Chicago, Musk tweeted, «A Loop is like a Hyperloop, but without drawing a vacuum inside the tube.»

Is it possible to build a Hyperloop train into a 200 - mile underground tunnel on a reasonable timeline that moves people in 29 minutes and isn't prohibitively expensive?

Hyperloop Tech, by contrast, has a site in Nevada, a state the team described as more cooperative on permitting than California.

The founder of Virgin Group signed a preliminary agreement on Sunday in Mumbai for a broad hyperloop framework, the company said in a statement.

But Musk has promised more details by way of publishing the «Hyperloop alpha design» on August 12.

Russian billionaire with ties to Uber, Virgin Hyperloop One arrested on embezzlement charges.

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«[Hyperloop companies] are trying to sell the investors on it.

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.

Hyperloop One already has agreements with governments in more than a dozen locales who want to see the high speed rail built on their turf.

Even so, Hyperloop One CEO Rob Lloyd has recently expressed hope that having Musk on Trump's economic advisory team is a positive, since he could potentially influence the president's decision - making when it comes to futuristic transportation technology.

Musk reasoned that money could be saved by installing the hyperloop tunnel on pylons above an existing motorway, eliminating the need to purchase additional land or convince current owners to allow the hyperloop to pass through their fields.

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.

The winner team is expected to test out its pod designs on a subscale Hyperloop test track.

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.

Hyperloop One has chosen not to comment on the documents, which were obtained by Forbes and published on 25 October.

Musk originally believed a hyperloop connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would cost about $ 6bn, 10 times more than the $ 68bn the government is set to spend on a high - speed train line connecting the two cities.

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Engineering students from the University of Illinois have come up with a miniature model of Elon Musk's hyperloop concept proving that the high speed human transport system is feasible albeit on a scale of 1:24.

It also will be focusing on developing and selling its hover engines for the Hyperloop.

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

According to an announcement from Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) on Thursday, the project has added to its roster of engineers and architects.

A feasibility study on a system by Hyperloop One, commissioned by FS Links and carried out by public accounting company KPMG, reveals that a network connecting Sweden's Stockholm and Finland's Helsinki will cost about $ 19 billion, or $ 21 billion, to build.

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.

The Hyperloop transport system runs solely on solar power so it's self - sufficient.