Neowin News Feed for: Hyperloop

Virgin Hyperloop: The first human passengers have traveled safely through a hyperloop

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 08:32:01 +0000

For the first time in history, two humans were strapped into Virgin Hyperloop's Pegasus pod and safely accelerated to 107mph in 6.25s in a 500m long hyperloop in the desert of Nevada. Read more...

Elon Musk promises new 10km vacuum tunnel for next Hyperloop competition

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:18:02 +0000

After German team TUM Hyperloop won this year's Hyperloop Pod Competition, Elon Musk announced that next year's competition will be held in a new 10km vacuum tunnel track with a curve. Read more...

North Carolina explores using Virgin Hyperloop One technology as a mode of transport

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 20:10:01 +0000

Virgin Hyperloop One announced today that companies in North Carolina are officially looking into hyperloop technology as a potential regional and inter-city transportation platform. Read more...

Engineering students develop fastest Hyperloop pod

Paul Hill — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:18:01 +0000

Warr University has set a new record with its Hyperloop pod, managing to reach speeds of 467km/h, up from the previous record of 323km/h, which it also set. Musk envisaged pods travelling 1,200km/h. Read more...

Eelo founder wants Elon Musk involved with project

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:30:01 +0000

The founder of the Eelo project has penned an open letter to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The letter seeks to gain funding for the privacy project from the billionaire despite reaching its Kickstarter goal. Read more...

BMW wants to build an AI managed Hyperloop for e-bikes

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:46:01 +0000

The concept is called Vision E3 Way; it is a network of elevated tunnels designed for electric bicycles and scooters. Its purpose is to offer a fast, safe, green, and all-weather option for commuters. Read more...

HyperLoop One rebranded after major investment from Virgin

Dreyer Smit — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:20:01 +0000

The company which prides itself on being the first to build and test a functional hyperloop system has received a large boost thanks to an undisclosed investment from the Virgin Group. Read more...

These are the winning routes of the Hyperloop One Global Challenge

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:02:01 +0000

The Hyperloop One Global Challenge is a competition that allows anyone to propose a route of the Hyperloop transport system. 10 routes have won and will now be explored for further feasibility. Read more...

China wants to build a competitor to Elon Musk's Hyperloop

Gabriel Nunes — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 03:40:01 +0000

China has announced its plans to build a “high-speed flying train” capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound. It would be a direct competitor to Elon Musk's Hyperloop. Read more...

German university team wins Hyperloop competition with its 200mph pod

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:44:01 +0000

The team which consisted of students from the Technical University of Munich were able to get its pod, which is powered by a 50 kW electric motor up to a speed of 200 mph at SpaceX's Hyperloop tube. Read more...

Hyperloop One completes its second and fastest test yet, hitting 192 mph

Stergios Georgopoulos — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:56:01 +0000

Hyperloop One has completed its second full-system test successfully, with the company's aluminum and carbon fiber XP-1 prototype pod going 2.7 times faster than the first test, reaching 192mph. Read more...

Elon Musk reveals The Boring Company car elevator

Stergios Georgopoulos — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:50:02 +0000

Elon Musk has posted a video on Instagram of a successful test of The Boring Company's car elevator that will be used at various access points along his proposed underground Hyperloop network. Read more...

Elon Musk says his Boring Company has received approval for NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC Hyperloop

Stergios Georgopoulos — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 17:42:01 +0000

Elon Musk says that the Boring Company has received 'verbal' approval for an underground Hyperloop that would reduce travel time between New York City and Washington, DC to just 29 minutes. Read more...

7 Days: A week of Microsoft's Seeing AI, Windows Phone dies again, and porn in public

Andy Weir — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 13:30:11 +0000

From Surface sleep and a quantum leap, to X.com, Xbox excitement, Microsoft 365, an update for Half-Life, and a Galaxy not-so-far away, it's our handy walkthrough of the week's top tech news. Read more...

Hyperloop One has successfully completed its first full-system test run

Stergios Georgopoulos — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:32:01 +0000

Hyperloop One, a company that was formed to commercialize Elon Musk's ultra-fast transportation concept, has successfully completed its first test run in its DevLoop test track, reaching 70mph. Read more...

South Korea just signed a deal paving the way for their own Hyperloop system

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:22:02 +0000

The South Korean version of the high speed transport system will go by the name Hypertube Express, and it will supposedly cut the journey time from Busan to Seoul from 3 hours down to 20 minutes. Read more...

Europe may get the first Hyperloop and these are the 9 routes where it might go

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:36:01 +0000

Following the Hyperloop One Global Challenge, which saw many places bidding for a potential route of the 1126kph transport system, these are the 9 potential routes that were announced today. Read more...

This is the snail that Elon Musk wants to race while he digs new tunnels under our cities

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Wed, 17 May 2017 14:24:02 +0000

As if Tesla, SpaceX, and all of his other exploits were not enough, Elon Musk now wants to expand the transport networks of our cities by building new and faster tunneling machines. Read more...