Hyperloop
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Startup Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has signed an agreement with local authorities to start investigating the feasibility of an interstate Hyperloop system for the first time in the US, a tube that would link the cities of Cleveland and Chicago.
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A fully functional Hyperloop system remains years away, but that hasn't stopped one of the startups vying to build it bringing out an app for folks to book a ride. Virgin Hyperloop One has rolled up to this year's CES with a demo version of an app designed to handle the entire passenger experience.
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The Missouri Department of Transportation (MDOT) is the latest government body to latch onto the idea of supersonic tube travel, heading up a coalition of public-private partners to push for the construction of a hyperloop that would allow for a 25-minute trip across the length of the state.
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There are a number of startups working on Elon Musk's Hyperloop, but none are gathering quite the momentum of Hyperloop One. The company has today announced US$85 million in new funding, as it looks to move forward with the development of routes around the world.
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Hyperloop One's Global Challenge is an XPrize-style competition to draw out the globe's brightest ideas for the most promising Hyperloop routes. The company has today announced the 10 winners, with potential routes spanning three continents and more than 6,000 km (3,700 mi) worth of track.
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India is the latest nation to make plans for its own Hyperloop, with the south eastern state of Andhra Pradesh signing a deal with startup Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) to build a high-speed transport route between two of its major cities.
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In the four or so years since Elon Musk first revealed his Hyperloop concept, it was kind of assumed that the serial entrepreneur was simply too busy to take on the project himself. Reports now indicate the South African billionaire is moving full steam ahead with a Hyperloop of his own.
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A few weeks back, Hyperloop One revealed a prototype of a pod that it hopes will eventually ferry passengers through near-vacuum tubes at around the speed of sound. Today, the company has announced the first successful tests of this futuristic capsule.
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Elon Musk today claimed he has received verbal approval from the US government to build a high-speed transport link between New York and Washington, cutting travel time between the cities to just 29 minutes.
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Hyperloop One, just one of several startups trying to build Elon Musk's Hyperloop, has notched up an important milestone, today announcing it has successfully tested its full-scale system for the first time, which including levitating a test vehicle over a track for 5.3 seconds.
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One of the startups vying to make the Hyperloop a reality, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, has announced a partnership with the South Korean government and local universities to build the world's first full-scale Hyperloop system.
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As part of its globe-spanning ambitions to introduce partial vacuum transportation to the masses, Hyperloop One has added another nine potential routes in Europe as a result of the start up's Global Challenge.
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