#hyperloop technologies

Hyperloop Tech prepares for historic public test, changes name

Elon Musk’s dream of transforming yet another form of transportation is inching (or racing, if things go well) toward reality. In 2014, Musk, of Tesla fame, outlined a potentially revolutionary transportation system called the Hyperloop, an above-ground, low-pressure tube with smallish pods inside that are propelled by impeller engines and supported by either air or magnets. Musk came up with the…

First Hyperloop Technology Demo A Success

Back in 2012, Tesla Motors, Paypal and SpaceX founder Elon Musk made headlines when he announced his idea for a “fifth form of transportation“. Known as the Hyperloop, the concept called for the creation of a high-speed train that would use a low-pressure steel tube and a series of aluminum pod cars to whisk passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just 35 minutes. At the time, Musk…

Musk Says Hyperloop Could Work On Mars… Maybe Even Better!

Elon Musk has always been up-front about his desire to see humans settle on the Red Planet. In the past few years, he has said that one of his main reasons for establishing SpaceX was to see humanity colonize Mars. He has also stated that he believes that using Mars as a “backup location” for humanity might be necessary for our survival, and even suggested we use nukes to terraform it.

And in his…

Hyperloop CEO Rob Lloyd

アーリーステージ向け VC の Cherubic Ventures（心元資本）は1月28日、Hyperloop Technologies（推定時速1,000kmの高速輸送システム構想）に未公開金額を投資したと発表した。

Elon Musk 氏がこの構想のホワイトペーパーを掲げ、Uber の投資家であるShervin Pishevar 氏とSpaceX のエンジニアである Brogan BamBrogan 氏によってHyperloop Technologies Inc. は2014年に設立された。

先進的な考え方を持っていることで有名な Musk…

MIT’s Plans for New Hyperloop Pod Unveiled

C O N T E N T S: KEY TOPICS The Hyperloop’s journey from audacious concept to a functional, superfast transport system went up a gear over the weekend with more than 115 engineering teams descending on Texas A&M University to present passenger capsule designs in SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Competition.(More…) Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced on Monday, June 15th that the firm plans to hold a competition…