Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has unveiled designs for the first-ever completed full-scale hyperloop that is set to take passengers from Chicago to Cleveland in just 35 minutes. The commercial system is first being constructed as a prototype in Abu Dhabi that will connect to Dubai and Al Ain. HTT released a video showing the complete … Read more
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), the group building the Cleveland Hyperloop, has unveiled the world’s first full scale isolation valve that can withstand up to 288,000 pounds of force. The 16.5-foot valves will be placed every seven miles throughout the tube system that closes off a section for maintenance, while allowing cars to continue through vacuumed … Read more
The idea of hurtling down a vacuum tube in a levitating pod at speeds of over 670 miles an hour may sound like the plot of the latest science fiction blockbuster, but it could soon become a reality. Virgin Hyperloop is developing the futuristic technology, which it claims could transform the way we travel. At … Read more
Passengers have travelled in the Virgin Hyperloop for the first time — riding the system’s levitating pod through a vacuum tube at speeds of over 100 mph. The test run yesterday served as a key safety demonstration for the technology, which Richard Branson’s Virgin group hopes will revolutionise transportation. Virgin Hyperloop Chief Technology Officer Josh Giegel and Director of … Read more
A 620mph hyperloop network between Amsterdam and Paris – with journey times of just 90 minutes – could be up and running within the next eight years Dutch firm Hardt Hyperloop is developing the ultra-fast transport technology It involves travelling in a train-style pod through a steel tube in a partial vacuum Study has revealed project … Read more