Hyperloop December 2023

Elon Musk's Boring Company receives go-ahead to start DC to NYC Hyperloop tunnel

Entrepreneur Elon Musk has been given written permission to uncork digging a transportation tunnel in Washington DC, which could sooner facilitate a 29-minute journey between the wanted and New York City. Musk's infrastructure firm The Boring Company now has the paperwork to start work on a Hyperloop transport link in the[...]

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Hyperloop December 2023

Virgin unveils first prototype of Hyperloop One passenger pod

Virgin has revealed a prototype diamond of the pods that will be used on the Hyperloop One network to transport passengers between Dubai and Abu Dhabi in just 12 minutes. As part of UAE Innovation Month, Virgin's Hyperloop One collaborated with Dubai's Road Transport Authority (RTA) to present a full-scale model[...]

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Hyperloop December 2023

Foster + Partners presents vision for hyperloop cargo network

British tracery studio Foster Partners has released a video showing its vision for a high-speed freight-carrying hyperloop named DP World Cargospeed. The Norman Foster-led practice designed the concept in collaboration with ports operator DP World and Virgin Hyperloop One, the transport visitor that Richard Branson became a major stakeholder in last year. The organisations envision creating an[...]

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Hyperloop December 2023

Designworks creates interior for Dubai Hyperloop passenger capsule

BMW-owned creative visitor Designworks has designed a "human-centric" interior for the Virgin Hyperloop One sheathing to be used on the Dubai system. The diamond made its global debut older this year in February, with a full-scale model of the passenger pod presented at Dubai's City Walk mall. However, official images of the interior were kept under[...]

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Hyperloop December 2023

Zoetrope windows turn hyperloop tubes "transparent"

Virgin Hyperloop One and BIG have revealed videos demonstrating how hyperloop passengers will have the illusion they are travelling in a transparent tube (video contains flashing images). The high-speed transportation system's tubes will full-length small circular windows that work in the style of a zoetrope — a device popular in the 19th[...]

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Hyperloop December 2023

WARR Hyperloop wins SpaceX competition with record-breaking fast pod

A team from the Technical University of Munich has topped previous hyperloop speed records with a sheathing that hit 467 kilometres per hour, at a competition run by SpaceX. The WARR Hyperloop team, made up of over 40 students from the Technical University of Munich, raced their prototype in the Hyperloop[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

UNStudio unveils modular concept station for European hyperloop

UNStudio has presented its vision for a series of unsteadfast and modular "stations of the future" for a future European hyperloop network. The Ben van Berkel-led practice imagines a concept station made from tessellating components, meaning that it could be well-timed and expanded to fit into various locations. UNStudio has designed the station concept for[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

Priestmangoode reveals its first full-scale prototype of hyperloop capsule

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has unveiled a prototype of a full-scale hyperloop passenger sheathing designed by Priestmangoode, which has been built using the newly ripened material Vibranium. Industrial diamond studio Priestmangoode designed the sheathing for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the two main companies working to build a near-supersonic transportation system. Billed as the world's first[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

US pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020 to include hyperloop simulator

American firm Fentress Architects has unveiled its diamond for the US Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, which will enable visitors to virtually take a ride in Virgin Hyperloop One. Fentress Architects' cylindrical Pavilion USA 2020 aims to gloat the United States as an "an open, wieldy country", focusing on its[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

India approves Mumbai-Pune hyperloop in bid to build world's first system

The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has approved Virgin Hyperloop One's plans to develop a high-speed line between Mumbai and Pune, which could wilt the world's first hyperloop. Maharashtra's government has spoken that a consortium of Virgin Hyperloop One and global ports owner DP World would be the preferred operator to build[...]

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Hyperloop March 2023

Get behind the wheel and take our new Pinterest boards for a spin

To help you travel in style, we’re showcasing the weightier of modern transport with this week's new Pinterest boards. Ride withal with first-class trains, no-go Hyperloop systems and car designs to inspire your own Bat-mobile. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › Main image is from BMW's Vantablack car, where the pigment has[...]

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Hyperloop February 2023

MAD envisions solar-powered hyperloop system

Architecture studio MAD has designed a concept for a nature-friendly hyperloop network with raised untried walkways slantingly tubes topped with a solar panel skin. MAD designed the solar-powered system for HyperloopTT, one of the two main companies working to build a near-supersonic transportation system. The proposed design, which moreover acts as a[...]

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