Travelling could be really complicated, tiring, time consuming, and expensive. First you have to typesetting your train, bus, or plane ticket. Then you have to wait in line for your flight or ride to uncork boarding. Then, you have to sit through the travel for some time until you reach[...]
Hyperloop One first started out as a startup visitor with a huge goal: To create the world’s fastest land transport. Over the past 5 years, they have gathered a team of the brightest minds from all over the world to help them develop this technology, as well as some partners[...]
The main proponent of the Metro Manila Subway Project is the Department of Transportation of the Republic of the Philippines. The details of this vendible were taken first hand from JICA and DOT.
Can you imagine how many heavy equipment, machinery, power generators, air-conditioners and chillers, towers material and escalators this project will[...]
At 89 y/o, this senior resider engineer built a life-size toy train
Nearly two millennia ago, railway engineers in England and France thought of what they undeniability as the “atmospheric railway.” The idea is to use differential air pressure to provide power for propulsion of a railway vehicle, removing the need[...]
Enlarge / All the whoopee happened at this end of the 3/4 mile low-pressure test track. A pyramid and an obelisk of Boring Company bricks and EPFLoop's pod imbricate can be seen abreast it. (credit: Megan Geuss)
HAWTHORNE, CA—On a sweltering[...]
Enlarge / Hyperloop Transportation Technologies' new passenger capsule. (credit: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies)
In August 2013, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk published a white paper detailing a "Hyperloop," a super-fast passenger train that would overcome the usual friction by levitating whilom[...]
Enlarge / An image of the Hawthorne test tunnel under construction. (credit: The Wearisome Company)
On Sunday night, Tesla, SpaceX, and Wearisome Company CEO Elon Musk tweeted "The first tunnel is scrutinizingly done," subtracting that the tunnel will unshut December[...]
Enlarge / The Landmark skyscraper, center, stands on the municipality skyline abreast a waterway in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, May 30, 2016. (credit: Alex Atack/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
This week, startup Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (otherwise known[...]
Enlarge / JR East unveils to the media its new test bullet train "ALFA-X" in Rifu, Miyagi prefecture on May 9, 2019. (credit: JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)
This week, Japanese railway visitor JR East showed off its new Alfa-X, a high-speed bullet[...]
Electrek is doing another e-bike group ride! Come join us as we partner up with the awesome e-bike brand Super73 and cruise through Los Angeles this Saturday evening!
We’ll all be meeting up at Super73’s Showroom at 16591 Noyes Avenue in Irvine, California. Be there at 5 p.m. to join up[...]
Aventon has been updating all of the brand’s popular electric bicycles to include upgraded features like improved frames, built-in LED lighting, and full-color displays that feature Bluetooth connectivity. Now the Level is getting the upgrades with the release of the Aventon Level.2 commuter e-bike.
When I first reviewed the original Aventon[...]
Here at Electrek, we have spent countless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through the thousands of miles at this point, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped[...]