Hyperloop
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Hawthorne, California is hardly Tatooine—but if entrepreneur and Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk gets his way, both will boast pod racing. Plenty of details are still to come, but SpaceX, which is also headed by Musk, has announced a competition to challenge universities and independent teams to design pods for the Hyperloop concept outlined two years ago. The system is akin to a train running in a pneumatic tube, and powered by a combination of magnetic force and air pressure. In theory, it would allow passengers to travel at up to 800 mph. After a review by SpaceX, the pods...
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Believe The Hype: California Will Get Hyperloop Test TrackIn 2013, Elon Musk—not content to simply impact the world via his disruptive companies Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] and SpaceX—made headlines when he released the idea for mass transit system called the Hyperloop. Simply put, the concept reads like a combination of train and pneumatic...
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Elon Musk Proposes Hyperloop Test Track In Texas
Elon Musk says he's considering building a test track for the Hyperloop tube-transport concept, possibly in Texas.
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Engineers Continue Work On Elon Musk's Hyperloop
Engineers plan to build Elon Musk's Hyperloop transportation system.
Stephen Edelstein -
High-Speed Hyperloop A Step Closer With New Company
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk cemented his image as a cross between Tony Stark, Steve Jobs and Hank Scorpio when he revealed his plans for Hyperloop back in August. The high-speed, pod-based transportation system is designed to take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just half an...
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Elon Musk Reveals Details On 800-MPH Hyperloop
After first dropping hints a year ago on a revolutionary form of transportation dubbed the Hyperloop, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has now revealed the details behind the concept. Musk, one of few men in history to have ever established two completely unrelated billion dollar firms, could be on his way...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
