CEO of a Hyperloop Company Has Some Surprising Thoughts On The Future of Transportation

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CEO of a Hyperloop Company Has Some Surprising Thoughts On The Future of Transportation
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
by Victor Tangermann July 9, 2018 Sci-Fi Visions

Almost five years ago, Elon Musk suggested that passenger pods could zip through a vacuum tube at breakneck speeds. People — some high-profile investors, dozens of universities, and pretty much anybody that’s ever been stuck on a plane — went bananas for it. Hyperloop was born.

Since then, we’ve come kind of a long way. In 2015, SpaceX built a mile-long test track; in 2016, MIT researchers unveiled a prototype of the pod and then demonstrated the first ever low-pressure run a year later.

We’re finally getting to the point where the Hyperloop no longer seems like a pipe dream. An offshoot company wants to build a full line in Abu Dhabi in 2019, and one might connect Chicago and Cleveland.

https://futurism.com/hyperloop-ceo-thoughts-future-of-transportation/

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Thank you for this article. I'm interested in this hyperloop stuff. Unlike bullet trains and the ilk, IMO, this has potential.

[Fishrrman]

From the article:
"An offshoot company wants to build a full line in Abu Dhabi in 2019, and one might connect Chicago and Cleveland."

Wondering what that would cost, from Chicago to Cleveland...?

Serious question:
How many people really want to travel between Chicago and Cleveland...?

[dfwgator]

On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well by '76 we'll be A. O. K.

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