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Hyperloop One is shutting down
Hyperloop One is shutting down, a staff member has confirmed to Engadget after Bloomberg published a report about its closure.
Virgin pulls its name from Hyperloop One (update)
It looks like it has reverted back to its older name of Hyperloop One.
Elon Musk isn't done with the idea of building a hyperloop
Elon Musk has tweeted that The Boring Company will attempt to build a working Hyperloop "in the coming years."
Virgin Hyperloop lays off 111 staffers as it abandons plans for passenger transport
Virgin Hyperloop is abandoning plans to build a passenger-capable version of its vacuum tube system.
For Virgin Hyperloop, trust is its most valuable commodity
Virgin Hyperloop turned up at South by Southwest to talk the future of its passenger experience. And how to get people to trust its ability to safely get you from place to place.
Virgin Hyperloop outlines how it thinks journeys will actually work in 2030
A constant vacuum, rapid switching, Virgin-style capsules. Will it work?
In the face of COVID-19, one hyperloop company is making friends
The company has announced major partnerships with Capgemini, Ferrovial and Hitachi, big names in the world of legacy rail and infrastructure.
The world’s first crewed Hyperloop trip was a success
Company co-founder Josh Giegel and Sara Lucian are the first people in history to ride in a Hyperloop.
Virgin Hyperloop will build its next facility in coal country
The new Hyperloop Certification Center will be built in Charleston.
Hyperloop projects are now eligible for federal funding in the US
The DOT has issued guidance on a federal regulatory framework.
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. raises $120 million in outside funding
Elon Musk's plan to connect major cities with Hyperloop tunnels is raising the interest of investors. Boring Co. authorized the sale of $120 million in stock today, reported Bloomberg. It's the first outside investment for Musk's infrastructure company, which plans to build underground tunnel systems that would fast-track the journey between cities like New York City and Washington, DC, or Los Angeles to San Francisco. The chief investors included the Silicon Valley-based 8VC and Vy Capital, which is based in Dubai.
Elon Musk promises longer, curved tunnel for future Hyperloop contests
In a departure from previous years, next year's Hyperloop competition will be held in a six mile curved vacuum tunnel. Previously, the competition was held in a straight ¾ mile test tunnel which is located at SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California.
Take a virtual peek at what future Hyperloop stations could look like
It'll likely take a while before a Hyperloop network can take passengers to their destinations, but a team competing at the 2019 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition is giving people a glimpse of what that could look like. A team from the Netherland's Delft University of Technology is debuting a panoramic virtual reality experience of its Atlas 02 pod at the SpaceX headquarters in California ahead of next week's competition.
North Carolina explores Hyperloop One system to connect the Triangle
North Carolina may be a future destination for a Hyperloop One transit system. The company and several transit partners are exploring a hyperloop that could link Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the RDU International Airport, near the Research Triangle Park. A pre-feasibility study suggested that traveling between Raleigh and Durham or Chapel Hill (a distance of around 30 miles) could take less than ten minutes, while hyperloop corridors in the region may ease traffic.
Hyperloop TT outlines how it should be regulated in Europe
The European Commission is reviewing what could become the first set of industry-wide hyperloop guidelines. Today, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) and TÜV SÜD presented the EU with generic guidelines for hyperloop design, operation and certification. In a press release, HTT said the recommendations could inform future regulation.
US DOT forms council to support emerging transportation tech
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has announced a council aimed at supporting transportation projects including hyperloops and self-driving cars. The Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology Council (NETT) hopes to make sure the Department of Transportation's complex structure of various administrations doesn't impede companies from deploying such tech.
Elon Musk's LA tunnel turns Teslas into a 'rail-guided train'
Tonight The Boring Company hosted a launch event for the test tunnel it successfully built in LA running from SpaceX's property to "O'Leary Station" at a reported cost of about $10 million. In tweets, he showed off a Model X equipped with gear that guides the car between elevators at each end of the tunnel, where it then simply drives right back onto the road. The rig itself is really just a set of wheels, and TechCrunch reports that Musk said during a media briefing that they will be available as an aftermarket add-on for $200 to $300.
A brief history of when trains ran on air
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was and is one of the most celebrated engineers ever to have lived. There's a London university named after him, statues commemorating him across the UK, and many of the tunnels and bridges he built are still in use today. He designed London's Paddington station, built the first transatlantic steamship powered by propellers, and was chief engineer of the Great Western Railway, which connected the capital to distant parts of England and Wales. His legacy isn't just one of achievements, though. He is also renowned for his involvement in one failed project in particular: Brunel's atmospheric railway (or "caper," as it's sometimes called). Cars on the line -- officially, the South Devon Railway -- had no on-board engines, as they were driven by air pressure alone. But the design of the system was ultimately flawed. Within a year of service starting, atmospheric propulsion on the South Devon Railway was quickly abandoned.
Virgin Hyperloop One recruits former MTA chief as CEO
Virgin Hyperloop One's mission to redefine transport is, once again, going to be led by new people as the company announces a new chairman and CEO. Replacing Sir Richard Branson as head of the board is his Excellency Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the head of DP World. The outgoing CEO Rob Lloyd, meanwhile, is being succeeded by transportation veteran Jay Walder (pictured), former head of the MTA.
Hyperloop One says Missouri route is economically viable
Virgin Hyperloop One has announced the results of a feasibility study on a planned route connecting Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis. The study, which has yet to be published in full, purports that the route between the three cities is commercially viable. Researchers at Black & Veatch examined the engineering, viability and economic challenges of a proposed line running parallel to I-70.
