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Concept art of hyperloop inner workings. Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed transportation system for both passengers and freight. [1] The concept was published by entrepreneur Elon Musk in a 2013 white paper, where the hyperloop was described as a transportation system using capsules supported by an air-bearing surface within a low-pressure tube.
Hyperloop One, known as Virgin Hyperloop until November 2022, was an American transportation technology company that worked to commercialize high-speed travel utilizing the Hyperloop concept which was a variant of the vacuum train. The company was established on June 1, 2014, and reorganized and renamed on October 12, 2017.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, also known as HyperloopTT, is an American research company formed using a crowd collaboration approach (a mix of team collaboration and crowdsourcing) [3] [4] to develop around the world [5] commercial transportation systems based on the Hyperloop concept.
Hyperloop pod competition test track. The Hyperloop Pod Competition was an annual competition sponsored by SpaceX from 2015 to 2019 in which a number of student and non-student teams participated to design—and for some teams, build—a subscale prototype transport vehicle in order to demonstrate technical feasibility of various aspects of the Hyperloop concept.
The R&D Tunnel, also called the Hawthorne test tunnel or Boring test tunnel, is a 1.14 miles (1.83 km) tunnel in Hawthorne, California, for testing hyperloop and "loop-based transportation". [3] It was completed by The Boring Company in late 2018.
The Missouri Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed transportation route in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The hyperloop would connect the cities of St. Louis , Columbia , and Kansas City , complementing the busy Interstate 70 . [ 3 ]
The European Hyperloop Week (EHW) is the largest annual hyperloop-centered community event in the world dedicated to the development and innovation of hyperloop technology. The event features a combination of activities, including competitions , conferences , workshops, demonstrations , exhibitions and social gatherings.
In 1993, his career started as an investment specialist in Berlin, Germany. [6]When he was 19 years old, he quit his job in the bank. [3]In the 1990s, after moving to Italy, [6] Ahlborn founded several companies in the alternative energy and interior design sphere. [7]