Hyperloop

HyperloopTT is looking to completely redesign the way cargo transport is carried out in Brazil, with an ambitious HyperPort project that carries 40-ft (12.2-m) shipping containers in a partial vacuum tube at speeds rivaling that of flight.

In what feels like news straight out of 2016, a Hyperloop testing facility in Europe has completed the longest-ever vacuum capsule journey. The milestone could bring this oft-forgotten promise of high-speed transport one step closer to reality.

China's biggest missile manufacturer is working on a hyperloop. CASIC claims it's clocked the fastest speed ever for a superconducting maglev vehicle – over 623 km/h – during tests in a low-vacuum tube just 2 km long.

HyperloopTT's latest transport-revolutionizing vision, the fully automated Express Freight system uses hyperloop shipping capsules and conveyor belts to get freight to its destination faster, at a lower cost. Is it the future of freight transport?

Faster than a jet plane and about half the price. Yes, it's another hyperloop-style vacuum-tube train – this time from Canada. TransPod says it's started preliminary construction on a tube that'll fire you from Calgary to Edmonton in 45 minutes.

Virgin Hyperloop has announced the latest version of its pods will be on display at the upcoming Expo 2020 show in Dubai, where visitors will be able to climb aboard for a window into a high-speed future.

Hyperloop Transport Technologies has presented an ultra-high-speed shipping port logistics system it says can shift up to 2,800 containers a day, covering hundreds of kilometers in minutes – while decreasing emissions wherever it's rolled out.

Virgin Hyperloop has shared its vision of what the future of transport might look like, with a new promo video detailing its imagined passenger experience, complete with a new-look version of its transport pods.

In a landmark moment for the experimental transportation technology, Virgin Hyperloop has welcomed aboard its first ever passengers, albeit only for a short spin along a test track that reached speeds of 107 mph (172 km/h).

Michael Fragomeni is sitting on the threshold of plugging in an electric motor design that, despite modest dimensions, can thrust a hyperloop pod from rest to 155 mph in a fraction of a second.

​​Virgin Hyperloop One has expanded its relationship with Saudi Arabia, with the two announcing plans to develop a new test track in the country’s west. The facility would become the world’s longest hyperloop tube as the gulf nation eyes a wider rollout of the futuristic transport system.​

SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod competition continues to bring out the very best in student engineering teams from all around the world. The reigning champions from the Technical University of Munich have returned this year to fend off their challengers, setting a new speed record in the process. ​