High-speed Hyperloop track ready for first trial run in Nevada
High-speed Hyperloop track ready for first trial run
By Cara McGoogan 7 APRIL 2017 • 10:38AM
The first tests of Elon Musk's revolutionary high-speed
transport system could begin soon after Hyperloop One, one of 12 companies
competing to make the idea a reality, completed its test track.
The company has finished work on its 500 metre long
testing tunnel, which is situated in the Nevada desert, near Las Vegas, and has
a diametre of 3.3 metres. It is expected to run initial trials on the
near-supersonic speed train in the first half of this year.
Hyperloop One announced the news alongside 11 proposed
routes for the super-fast transport, all of which are in the US. The longest
proposed route is 1,152 miles from Cheyenne to Houston and the shortest 64
miles from Boston to Providence.
It would take an average car 17 hours to travel the
longest route, which would be cut down to just an hour and 45 minutes on the
Hyperloop.
The radical mode of transport, which could also travel
from London to Manchester in 18 minutes, is being designed to hit speeds of up
to 800mph. Designs for the Hyperloop look a bit like a train, but rather than
running on wheels, its pods levitate and travel in a vaccuum. The frictionless
environment allows them to move with little air resistance.
The development follows last month's news that Hyperloop
Transportation Technologies, another competing company, has started building
the first passenger capsule. The pods will be able to carry 28 to 40 passengers
at a time and depart every 40 seconds, the company said. They could be ready as
early as next year.
The Hyperloop is the brainchild of US billionaire and
Tesla chief executive Musk, who proposed a competition to develop the
technology out of frustration with the alternatives.
Projects are being considered in the United Arab
Emirates, India and central Europe.
Funny. I thought I read they already had a trial run in Nevada outside of Las Vegas last year. In fact, I KNOW that is what was reported. They also claimed it was a success.
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