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China Needed to Help Pay For Russia’s Hyperloop Project

Courtney Lepping — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 03:34:12 +0000

The Russian government seeks China’s financial support of the possible $500-million Russian hyperloop project. In trying to convince China to lend aid, Russia said of the 70-kilometer transportation line that it would benefit both countries. The Russian hyperloop project would run along the Pacific Coast from Russia’s port of Zarubino to China’s Jilin province. The […]

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Vibranium: Hyperloop’s New Super Strong Material Brings New Hopes to Transportation

Courtney Lepping — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 21:09:00 +0000

In its quest to equate its materials with science fiction references, the company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HHT) has just come out with a material called Vibranium. Based in southern California, HHT collaborated with c2i, a Slovakia company, to produce a material that is supposedly ten times stronger than steel and 5 times lighter than aluminum. […]

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Hyperloop Texas Test Track to Get Built by Elon Musk

Guest Contributor — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 17:06:07 +0000

The founder of Tesla Motors and Space X, Elon Musk, is setting his sights back on Earth by ramping up his epic plans to develop what he has called a fourth mode of transportation aside from planes, trains and automobiles. This is apparently one of his hobbies aside from focusing on the challenge of sending […]

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Chinese Super-MagLev Train Could Reach 1,800 MPH

Benji Jerew — Tue, 13 May 2014 17:03:55 +0000

The Applied Superconductivity Laboratory of Southwest Jiaotong University, China, says that its new Super-Maglev train could reach speeds of up to 1,800 mph, but is it (pardon the pun) a pipe-dream? Tube transport has featured in The Jetsons, Futurama, and your local drive-through banking center, for decades. The closest we’ve come to human or cargo […]

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Tesla Founder Gives Implementers His Blessing to Make the Hyperloop a Reality

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 03 Oct 2013 02:21:10 +0000

Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX and Tesla and co-founder of PayPal, is working with fundraisers to generate enough money to create the Hyperloop that he designed with members from Tesla and SpaceX. Musk’s hyperloop, which he envisions revolutionizing travel, is a theoretical mode of high-speed transportation that would serve as an alternative to boats, […]

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Elon Musk Reveals Details About the Hyperloop

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:10:39 +0000

Elon Musk, the entrepreneur who from time to time keeps the world hanging on a couple of his words, has long teased the world about what he calls the “Hyperloop” – the fifth mode of transportation, something never seen before that’s going to take its passengers with the speed of a bullet, safely, from San […]

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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Idea Gaining Ground in ET3, Testing This Year

Benji Jerew — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:25:00 +0000

Elon Musk has often stated the need for fast public transportation, which can also be clean. Buses, subways, and even trains have their limitations [don’t even ask about taxis]. Elon Musk’s Hyperloop idea is actually a conglomeration of several ideas, “the Concorde, a rail gun, and an air hockey table,” according to him. Put another […]

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