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Tracking Hyperloop, Elon Musk's high-speed pipe dream
PayPal and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk has revealed his plans for an alpha version of his much-anticipated Hyperloop. Essentially, it's a transportation system that would move passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than 30 minutes. Musk's system works on the same basic principle as an air hockey table, transporting passengers at supersonic speeds with extremely low friction. At the moment it's a costly concept at around $6 billion for a passenger-only model, but follow along to see if this work of science fiction will ever turn into reality.
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Nov 18, 2016, 5:38pm EST
Hyperloop One settles nasty lawsuit with co-founder
Hyperloop One, the well-funded, slightly dysfunctional, futuristic transportation startup announced that it has settled a lawsuit brought by four former employees, including co-founder and chief technology officer Brogan BamBrogan, for an...
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Nov 8, 2016, 2:24pm EST
This is what it’d be like to ride in the Hyperloop
Hyperloop One — the well-funded, slightly dysfunctional, futuristic transportation startup — said Tuesday that it would study the possibility of building the world’s first passenger-ready hyperloop in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. But more...
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Oct 13, 2016, 3:00pm EDT
Uber’s former financial wizard is joining Hyperloop One
Brent Callinicos has a reputation as one of the smartest financial minds in Silicon Valley. He helped spearhead Uber’s fastest years of growth as the ride-hailing startup’s chief financial officer, and served similar roles at Google and...
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Sep 6, 2016, 2:10pm EDT
Hyperloop track construction in California is delayed
Last January, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced it had filed permits with Kings County in California to build "the world's first passenger-ready Hyperloop system." But the company never completed its planning application, a...
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Jul 28, 2016, 3:43pm EDT
Hyperloop One has begun producing parts for a full-scale prototype
Hyperloop One is celebrating the grand opening of what it calls "the world’s first Hyperloop factory," just two weeks after one of its co-founders filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming, among other things, that a noose was left on his...
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Jul 28, 2016, 9:00am EDT
The Hyperloop is bringing some of its futuristic tech to Europe’s biggest railway
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced today that it will build an “innovation train” for Germany’s Deutsche Bahn, the largest railway operator in Europe. The train will not be a super-fast hyperloop, in which pods are propelled...
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Jul 12, 2016, 3:55pm EDT
Hyperloop One was just hit with an explosive lawsuit from its co-founder
Hyperloop One, the LA-based startup focused on futuristic, super-fast transportation, was supposed to be racing toward the future. But after Brogan BamBrogan, the co-founder and chief technology officer, filed an explosive new lawsuit today, the...
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Jun 21, 2016, 8:00am EDT
The Hyperloop may be heading to Moscow, thanks to a mysterious Russian billionaire
Hyperloop One, an LA-based startup working to realize Elon Musk's dream of 760-mph tube-based transportation, announced today that it struck a partnership with the city of Moscow thanks to the support of a mysterious Russian oligarch. The startup...
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Jun 18, 2016, 3:40pm EDT
Here are the Hyperloop pods competing in Elon Musk's big race later this year
Later this year, dozens of college teams from around the world will travel to Hawthorne, California to compete in a high-stakes contest to prove Elon Musk’s vision of super-fast, super-sustainable, tube-based transportation known as the Hyperloop. ...
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May 24, 2016, 5:13pm EDT
Take a look inside this Hyperloop pod to allay your claustrophobia
The most common reaction I get when explaining the concept of the Hyperloop to people who have never heard of it is: "Hell no." No one wants to be the first to step inside a windowless pod that careens through an airless tube at almost the speed...
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May 24, 2016, 9:00am EDT
Hyperloop startup selects Vibranium for pods because it’s good enough for Captain America
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced today that it will be using a new type of sensor-embedded carbon fiber to make its capsules, capable of transporting passengers through a nearly airless tube at speeds up to 760 mph, safer than...
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May 11, 2016, 8:03pm EDT
Watch the Hyperloop's first public test, but don't blink or you'll miss it
It only lasted about two seconds, but wow, what a sort of thrilling two seconds it was! Hyperloop One, the LA-based startup striving to realize Elon Musk's pipe dream, conducted its first public open-air test in the Nevada desert Wednesday. A...
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May 11, 2016, 2:37pm EDT
The Hyperloop just had its first public test in the Nevada desert
It was over almost before it began. Hyperloop One's first public open-air test just happened out in the Nevada desert, and if you blinked you may have missed it. A metal sled accelerated from zero to 116 mph in 1.1 seconds, or about 2.4 Gs of...
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May 10, 2016, 8:30pm EDT
The Hyperloop is about to have its first public test, and the stakes couldn't be higher
Say goodbye to Hyperloop Technologies Inc., one of two LA-based startups working to realize Elon Musk's dream of super-fast, tube-based transportation. The company announced today that it is rebranding as Hyperloop One. The name change is partly...
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May 9, 2016, 9:00am EDT
Hyperloop Transportation says it will use a ‘cheaper, safer’ form of magnetic levitation
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of two LA-based startups working to build Elon Musk’s futuristic transportation system, announced today that it has licensed a technology called "passive magnetic levitation" to power its prototype. The...
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Apr 16, 2016, 12:53pm EDT
Elon Musk's Hyperloop is now an 8-bit video game and damn, it's hard
If navigating a Hyperloop pod through an airless tube at breakneck speeds is as difficult as the new Break-a-Pod 8-bit video game, then Elon Musk's vision of a "fifth mode of transportation" may be in trouble.
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Mar 10, 2016, 9:00am EST
These central European countries may be the next to get a Hyperloop
Maybe you've heard the Hyperloop mantra of "San Francisco to LA in 30 minutes?" Well, what about Bratislava to Vienna in eight? Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the two LA-based startups working to realize Elon Musk's dream of...
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Feb 18, 2016, 6:58pm EST
SpaceX’s Hyperloop test track will open a little later than expected
Construction delays have pushed the next phase of testing in SpaceX's Hyperloop competition from June to August — or perhaps later, according to an email sent out to Hyperloop competition teams and obtained by Tech Insider. The email says the...
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Feb 3, 2016, 10:12am EST
How to build a Hyperloop
On a recent Saturday afternoon, a young aerospace engineer from Cairo University named Samar Abdel Fatta sat at the end of a long hallway of a Texas football stadium trying hard to contain her excitement. Amid a sea of matching university-branded...
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Jan 30, 2016, 6:55pm EST
MIT wins SpaceX’s Hyperloop competition, and Elon Musk made a cameo
In the end, Elon Musk couldn't resist showing up to the competition he helped inspire. The billionaire SpaceX CEO made a surprise appearance at the end of the Hyperloop pod design competition at Texas A&M University Saturday, eliciting a rapturous...
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Jan 30, 2016, 11:29am EST
US Transportation Secretary says Elon Musk's Hyperloop could be the next ‘moonshot'
The Hyperloop — the super fast, super conceptual, tube-based transportation system popularized by Elon Musk — has its fair share of skeptics. But not US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
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Jan 29, 2016, 10:00am EST
We're going to the SpaceX Hyperloop pod contest this weekend
On Friday, SpaceX will kick off its first-ever Hyperloop pod competition at Texas A&M University — and we'll be there. Thousands of engineering students from all over the world will display their designs for the futuristic, tube-based, crazy-fast...
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Jan 28, 2016, 12:27pm EST
Nickelodeon is sponsoring a team in Elon Musk's Hyperloop competition
SpaceX's Hyperloop competition at Texas A&M University this weekend is attracting a swarm of attention from engineering students, government officials, media, Elon Musk fanboys, and, of course, corporate sponsors. Some of those sponsors make total...
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Jan 26, 2016, 2:33pm EST
Elon Musk's Hyperloop is getting a helping hand from serious construction experts
Elon Musk's SpaceX has selected Aecom, one of the world's largest construction and design firms, to build its Hyperloop test track later this year, the company announced Tuesday.
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Jan 21, 2016, 8:00am EST
A maker of actual hoverboards is now selling Hyperloop engines
Arx Pax, the Silicon Valley-based company behind the Hendo Hoverboard, is now a Hyperloop supplier.
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Jan 20, 2016, 2:09pm EST
Hyperloop Transportation is about to break ground on its first test track
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of the two Los Angeles-based startups working to make the supersonic transportation system a reality, announced today that it had filed permits in Kings County, California to build a five-mile test track.
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Jan 15, 2016, 2:39pm EST
Hyperloop Tech joins SpaceX in sponsoring pod design competition
Hyperloop Technologies Inc. (HTI), one of the two Los Angeles-based startups working to build a futuristic transportation system, announced today that it would join Elon Musk's SpaceX in sponsoring the Hyperloop pod design competition later this...
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Jan 7, 2016, 2:39pm EST
New Hyperloop video shows off a bunch of tubes lying in the desert
CNNMoney has video of the first Hyperloop test track being constructed in the desert outside of Las Vegas. Hyperloop Technologies Inc., one of the two startups working to bring the supersonic form of travel into reality, gave the network access to...
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Dec 15, 2015, 3:44pm EST
Over 1,000 college students will compete to design the best Hyperloop pod
On Tuesday, Elon Musk's SpaceX announced the design teams that would be taking part in a two-day Hyperloop design competition at Texas A&M University at the end of January 2016. The teams consist of more than 1,000 students and over 100 universities
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Dec 8, 2015, 3:30pm EST
The first Hyperloop test track will be built in Las Vegas
Hyperloop Technologies Inc., one of the two startups working to make Elon Musk's dream of frictionless, supersonic travel a reality, acquired 50 acres of land near Las Vegas to build the first test track for its propulsion system, the company announc
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Jan 15, 2015, 2:11pm EST
Elon Musk is building a five-mile Hyperloop test track
Elon Musk has announced a new step forward in the Hyperloop project. Speaking onstage at the Texas Transportation forum, Musk announced the development of a test facility for the innovative air-rail system, including a five-mile track. A location...
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Nov 7, 2014, 4:17pm EST
Elon Musk may be getting into the satellite business
Musk is exploring a partnership with Greg Wyler, founder of WorldVu Satellites Ltd, to launch about 700 satellites, The Wall Street Journal says.
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Sep 26, 2013, 11:37am EDT
Former SpaceX director signs on to crowdfunded hyperloop project
Ever since Elon Musk revealed his Hyperloop designs in August, the inventor has been coy about any plans to construct the device, leaving many to wonder when the innovative transportation system would see the light of day. But today brings good...
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Aug 16, 2013, 10:47am EDT
Speed bumps and vomit are the Hyperloop’s biggest challenges
It’s now been three days since Elon Musk unveiled his alpha plans for the Hyperloop, the radical and ambitious high-speed transit line that promises passage from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 35 minutes. And while Musk has been cagey about...
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Aug 12, 2013, 5:27pm EDT
Elon Musk will 'probably' build Hyperloop prototype
Elon Musk may have no plans to personally build the full-scale Hyperloop bridging San Francisco and Los Angeles, but he's "probably" going to create a prototype of some sort. During a live conference call following the unveiling of his Hyperloop...
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Aug 12, 2013, 4:32pm EDT
Elon Musk reveals plans for high-speed Hyperloop
In a blog post today, Elon Musk revealed plans for an alpha version of his much-anticipated Hyperloop, an innovative transportation system that would move passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than 30 minutes. According to the...
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Jul 18, 2013, 10:30am EDT
Here's how Elon Musk's Hyperloop might actually work
Elon Musk has made his name on big ideas, whether it's space tourism or the electric car — but his latest project, mysteriously dubbed the Hyperloop, may be more revolutionary than anything he's done. It started with a simple promise: the ability...
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Jul 15, 2013, 10:35am EDT
The Hyperloop is coming: Elon Musk will reveal plans for new transport system on August 12th
Elon Musk's vision for an entirely new form of transportation will be revealed to the world on August 12th. The founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors tweeted this morning that he would "publish Hyperloop alpha design by Aug 12," and added that...
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May 29, 2013, 11:51pm EDT
Elon Musk teases June news on Hyperloop, his rapid transit system for the future
Following his announcement of Tesla's dramatic Supercharger station expansion, CEO Elon Musk touched on another pet project: Hyperloop. The rapid transit system would connect downtown Los Angeles with San Francisco, 380 miles away. Musk told the...