Jesper Østergaard of 4-Leaf consulting in Denmark, whom I have talked sustainable transport with occasionally, has started focusing on how the Hyperloop technology could be applicable for Denmark and connecting Copenhagen better to the capitals in the Nordics and with continental Europe. The idea came to him at a point … [continued]
Virgin Hyperloop One set a new speed record recently, got $50 million in new financing, and made Richard Branson chairman of the board.
Richard Branson and Virgin Group have invested in Hyperloop One. Branson expects to have a system completed in less than 5 years.
The XP1 transportation pod from Hyperloop One went almost 200 MPH in a test last week. Now, Elon Musk is thinking of getting personally involved again.
Elon Musk took to Twitter today to say he has verbal permission to begin boring tunnels from NYC to DC. He also spoke about other routes under consideration.
Following its earlier city-level proposals competition in Europe, Hyperloop One has now revealed the candidate shortlist produced by that competition. The shortlist includes the proposals that were/are both economically and technically feasible.
Last year, Hyperloop One boldly promised what no one had promised before — a full-scale, full speed test of its Hyperloop system in the Nevada desert. It told the world it would be a “Kitty Hawk moment,” a reference to the time when Orville and Wilbur Wright ushered in the era of manned flight on December 17, 1903. The test was promised by the end of 2016, then it was moved back to early 2017, then March 31. Now it has been moved back again, but that’s not the end of the bad news.
Whatever you may think about the Hyperloop idea (I remain a skeptic, personally), things do appear to be moving forward. With regard to Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of the companies trying to commercialize the idea, it has apparently started constructing a full-scale passenger hyperloop capsule — following 3 years of research and development efforts.
Hyperloop One has reached a settlement in its legal battle with a number of former employees, including the former Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and co-founder Brogan BamBrogan. The lawsuit by the former Hyperloop One employees alleged a wide variety of things, including threats, harassment, and, probably more importantly, financial mismanagement.
Hyperloop One has signed an agreement with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority that could see the firm’s technology applied in the UAE in a new feasibility study.
