Hyperloop

Emily Buenzle - Wed September 13, 2017

With $28M in Federal Funding, Maglev Train Challenges Musk's Hyperloop Plans

Elon Musk's Hyperloop is facing some competition from a private company that has already secured $28 million in federal grant money for a feasibility study. The Northeast Maglev (TNEM), a U.S.-owned company founded in 2011, wants to build a high-speed train line between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, a trip the company said would take 15 minutes....

Thu July 20, 2017

Tesla Owner Gets Government Approval for Hyperloop Transit System

Tesla Inc. and SpaceX founder Elon Musk dropped a bombshell announcement July 20, tweeting that he has received "verbal government approval" to construct a Hyperloop transit system that would connect New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C....

Thu June 01, 2017

Testing Tube Unveiled for Hyperloop Transport System

A Dutch tech startup and a construction company on June 1 unveiled a Hyperloop test facility, a steel tube that will be used to help develop the futuristic high-speed transportation system. It is a first step toward developing the system in the Netherlands, a key European transportation transport hub, and beyond....

Jon Gambrell - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu October 06, 2016

Futuristic Dubai Dreams of Hyperloop Transit Tubes

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) A network of tubes whisking passengers across a country at close to the speed of sound may seem like a sci-fi pipe dream, but in the already futuristic city of Dubai it would fit right in....