Elon Musk’s Futuristic Hyperloop Will Be Tested In California
The Hyperloop, a proposed system of high-speed cross-country travel that could someday replace trains and even domestic flight, will enter testing later this decade. The project will be developed and operated by Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (H
The Hyperloop, a proposed system of high-speed cross-country travel that could someday replace trains and even domestic flight, will enter testing later this decade.
The project will be developed and operated by Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), a 'crowdsourced' company launched in 2013.
The brainchild of Elon Musk, founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, the Hyperloop was first detailed nearly two years ago in a 57-page document that outlines a 10 year development and construction program with a $6 billion budget.
Although an expensive proposal, the Hyperloop would still be considerably more affordable than the $68 billion earmarked for a new train line in California.
Earlier this year, Musk hinted that Texas had been singled out as a likely host for a pilot program, where a test track for “companies and students to test out their pods”.
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