The first images of what the Hyperloop, tubular transportation system of the near future, could look like have surfaced. The images come courtesy of Hyperloop and UCLA's Hyperloop SUPRASTUDIO, which ...
I hear a movie theater. A Coke commercial. An Ed Sheeran song. A theme from Avatar. But I’m not listening to any of those things. It’s actually the new sonic identity for the Virgin Hyperloop. The ...
After raising almost half a billion dollars in funding since being founded in 2014, Hyperloop One is shutting down. As Bloomberg reports, the once hyped-up transportation startup — which planned to ...
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 ...
A full-scale Virgin Hyperloop cargo pod and a cutaway passenger pod as part of Dubai’s DP World’s FLOW pavilion at Expo 2020. Credit: Virgin Hyperloop via REUTERS The fundamental problem is the lack ...
Think back to a bygone era of Elon Musk — when he talked less about blue checks on Twitter and more about blue-sky ideas to colonize Mars, reuse rockets, and tackle climate change. One of his ...
Imagine traveling at the speed of an airplane, but on ground level, and in a giant tube. That’s the idea behind the Hyperloop ...
If you’re not in El Puerto de Santa María for the beaches or the annual sherry festival, you’re probably there for the history. The old town on Spain’s Bay of Cádiz, 60 miles northeast of the Rock of ...
In the desert just north of Las Vegas, a long white metal tube sits at the base of the mountains, promising to one day revolutionize travel. That is where Virgin Hyperloop, whose partners include ...
Virgin Hyperloop intends to send pods rushing through a low-pressure tube at 670 miles per hour — but its first passenger test fell short of that. While speed is impressive, Josh Giegel, a cofounder ...