Exploring the Hyperloop, a concept for renewable public transport, involves traveling in levitating capsules within vacuum tubes at speeds exceeding 200 mph, faster than a 747. This video examines the ...

Hyperloop One, the ambitious project to commercialize vacuum-sealed pod-in-tubes transportation as a way to whisk passengers long distances at near-supersonic speeds, said Wednesday it set a new speed ...

The tech startup’s ambitions suffered from internal strife, regulatory hurdles and more. Bloomberg reporter Sarah McBride covered the twists and turns on its route to failure. While Marketplace’s Lily ...

Hyperloop promises near supersonic ground travel using low pressure tubes and magnetic levitation. But building and operating such a system comes with massive engineering challenges. This video ...

A decade ago, Elon Musk told the world that the transportation of the future would include 600 mph trains inside tubes. Glass tubes. Steel tubes. Concrete tubes. One tube going everywhere, connecting ...

Imagine traveling from New York to Los Angeles in less than an hour or from London to Paris in 15 minutes. Sounds impossible, right? Well, not for China’s biggest missile manufacturer, which claims to ...

Transport needs to be decarbonized at every level if we are to meet climate goals. One of the most effective ways to reduce the emissions from midrange travel distances is via electric trains, but ...

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In 2013, Elon Musk published a white paper that teased the idea of zipping from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 35 minutes through a vacuum-sealed tube — a system he called hyperloop. The idea ...

China’s hyperloop project, which aims to develop ultra-fast land transport technology, has successfully completed its first test runs using a full-sized passenger capsule. The test runs took place at ...