Hyperloop

Hyper Transfer is designed to reduce traffic between the two Italian cities - if it is built

Solution will manage and automate hyperloop capsules at speeds up to 760mph

Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) is exchanging scientific and technological knowledge with King Abdulla University of Science and Technology to support the development of transportation in Saudi Arabia. VHO’s chairman Sultan bin Sulayem says: “Together we hope to spur the development of the regional technology and transportation infrastructure for a connected Gulf.” The announcement follows findings released by VHO and King Abdullah Economic City on the feasibility of creating a VHO Centre of Excellence, which

Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) is joining a network of companies which aim to accelerate the transition of businesses to a more sustainable economic model. VHO says it will commit to establishing methods to reuse decommissioned elements of its system and reducing its carbon output as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100 (CE100) Network. The traditional ‘linear’ economy where products are made, used and then disposed of is challenged by the ‘circular’ economy, where re-use of a product

Virgin Hyperloop One is working with Saudi Arabia’s Economic City Authority (ECA) to conduct a study to build a 35km test and certification track. The company claims its technology can reduce travel times between cities: it says the trip from Riyadh to the Red Sea port of Jeddah would be slashed from 10 hours to 76 minutes, for example, with the Riyadh-Abu Dhabi route cut from 8.5 hours to 48 minutes. The study will take place in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), located 100km north of Jeddah. It w

North Carolina’s Regional Transportation Alliance (RTA) is exploring the feasibility of Hyperloop as a potential regional and inter-city transportation platform. Virgin Hyperloop One and consortium partner Aecom discussed the findings and implications of a pre-feasibility hyperloop study at a recent RTA event. The study included example corridors which could connect Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Raleigh-Durham International Airport near the Research Triangle Park as well as a hyperloop network across

Virgin Hyperloop One showcased its technology to members of Congress and federal stakeholders at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The company says its mode of transport can transport people and goods three times as fast as high-speed rail. Jay Walder, CEO of Virgin Hyperloop One, says: “We are now seeing the groundswell of support that’s needed to realise the hyperloop revolution with the formation of the NETT Council and support from lawmakers across the world.” The NETT (Non-Traditiona

US secretary of transportation Elaine Chao has announced a new council to help commercialise Hyperloop technology. The Non-Traditional and Emerging Transportation Technology (NETT) Council will aim to explore the regulation of Hyperloop technology to help bring it to the US. Virgin Hyperloop One says it has been working with the US Department of Transportation and Chao for months, taking the necessary steps to commercialise the technology. The council will also explore emerging technologies like t

The project billed as the world’s first commercial hyperloop system is on course to open its first 10km section next year in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). In an interview Bibop Gresta, chairman of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, told Emirates News Agency that the average cost would be $20-40m per km. Despite the cost, he is confident that the scheme – which will eventually run for 150km between Abu Dhabi and Dubai – will pay for itself in “eight to 15 years”. “It will be paying for itself

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has appointed engineering firm Dar Al-Handasah to begin construction of a Hyperloop system in Abu Dhabi in the third quarter of 2019. The project also includes a Hyperloop commercial track and an centre for logistics which it calls XO Square. In April, HyperloopTT unveiled an XO square centre in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The facility houses the company’s logistic research division, a fabrication lab and what the company refers to as ‘an ecosystem’ of global companies, s