Is the Hyperloop real?

The company was established on June 1, 2014, and reorganized and renamed on October 12, 2017. Los Angeles, California, U.S. Hyperloop systems are intended to move cargo (formerly also passengers) at airline speeds but at a fraction of the cost. They are designed to run suspended by magnetic systems in a vacuum tube.



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There is no Hyperloop service in the U.S. today. First mentioned by Musk to a reporter in 2012, the Hyperloop is a high-speed electric vehicle that carries passengers and travels in a low-pressure environment such as a vacuum tube without touching the walls.

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They've talked a lot about making the whole 'tube-track' a vacuum, so the vehicle(pod?) can go high speeds without the issue of air resistance. The problem with this design, is that having even a small volume of vacuum is often difficult, so having MILES of tube-track with no leaks would be almost unthinkable.

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The company has built a tube about 24 meters in length. While this is a short distance, TUM Hyperloop is trying to test the systems work before continuing to build a long track. Semino said he expects that by the end of this decade the technology will be ready.

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Two minutes of Puke City First imagined at least 100 years ago, it would basically look like some version of those green tubes on Futurama. Imaginary no longer, it would seem. If everything goes according to plan, Hyperloop One's pods will carry humans and cargo at 760 mph — 30 percent faster than a 747 airplane.

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According to the study, the Great Lakes hyperloop will cost between $25 billion and $30 billion, or $60 million per mile, and six years to construct. Once in operation, passengers can expect to pay about two thirds the price of a comparable air ticket.

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The Hyperloop was meant to be built as a network of underground tunnels, but the project never reached fruition. Elon Musk started talking about the Hyperloop in 2013.

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The proposed accelerations for the Hyperloop are a factor of seven greater than the Shinkansen in Japan allow for concerning human passengers, as humans can only handle about 0.2g's (or about 2 m/s^2) of acceleration in the up-and-down or side-to-side directions.

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Even if vacuum in a Hyperloop system could ever be achieved, a transportation system under vacuum in tubes on pillars might never be totally safe, says Marcel Jufer, a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). There is risk of sabotage, earthquakes, and difficulties of evacuation.

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The hyperloop has some safety advantages over other rail systems but is somewhat less feasible than high-speed rail. The hyperloop may be ideal for freight transit, while high-speed rail provides passenger transportation.

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That's certainly what the eccentric CEO of SpaceX, The Boring Company, and Tesla wants. We all know that Musk is prone to over-exaggerating projections and targets. But in theory, the Hyperloop is capable of achieving 760 mph. And that would automatically make it the fastest means of transport in the world.

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Hyperloop testing at full-scale begins later this year. Musk believes that the system, which could enable travel to as much as 700 mph (1,100 km/h), would be the fastest way to travel distances of less than 2,000 miles (3,200 km):

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Hyperloop vs bullet trains: Major differences The biggest difference between the two is that the hyperloop is 2-3x faster than bullet trains. It would also be relatively cheaper.

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Safety and Comfort The design proposed by Musk (2013) indicates hyperloop will be safer compared to other rival transport modes, such as airplanes and trains.

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According to Musk the costs for the system are US$10 million. Musk said: The Loop is a stepping stone toward hyperloop. The Loop is for transport within a city. Hyperloop is for transport between cities, and that would go much faster than 150 mph.

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