Delft Hyperloop student team aims to be the first in the world to switch lanes
Delft Hyperloop, in the Netherlands, aims to be the first in the world to build a hyperloop system capable of making a complete track switch. The student team from Delft unveiled yesterday the design with...Read more
Nevomo tests succesfull: MagRail trains can levitate on existing tracks
MagRail tests confirmed that railway vehicles can magnetically levitate on existing railway infrastructure without any friction, Nevomo announced on 5 September 2023. It is anticipated that the high-speed MagRail passenger trains developed by the Polish...Read more
Hyperloop pioneers establish first international Hyperloop Association
Hyperloop developing companies Hardt, Hyperloop One, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Nevomo, TransPod, Swisspod Technologies, and Zeleros joined forces to form ‘The Hyperloop Association’, the first global association within the hyperloop industry, the companies announced this week. Read more
Why develop new infrastructure for hyperloop when existing rail tracks can be used?
InterviewDeveloping a vacuum hyperloop as a new transport system is complicated and expensive, why not use the concepts of the hyperloop and combine it with the existing railway tracks? That was the question with which...Read more
Hardt Hyperloop enters into partnership with POSCO International
Dutch company Hardt Hyperloop has signed a formal partnership with trading company POSCO International Corporation (P-INT’L) in the South Korean city of Songdo. As a business partner, the Korean company P-INT’L will supply steel products...Read more
Hydrogen and hyperloop in European Commission’s work programme
The European Commission has pledged support for hydrogen and hyperloop technology in its 2023 work programme conveyed to the European Parliament this month.Read more
Swiss EuroTube to experiment with hyperloop tech for moving goods
The EuroTube foundation, a Swiss non-profit research organisation for the development of vacuum transport technology, will launch two test tracks to apply hyperloop technology to the transportation of goods via rail. The two test tracks...Read more
Zeleros starts construction of pilot track with hyperloop motor in Spanish port
In the Spanish port of Sagunto near Valencia, construction of a Zeleros pilot system to move containers electrically started this week. It will become operational in 2022 in a bid to optimise and decarbonise freight...Read more
Elon Musk confirms The Boring Company will construct hyperloop
Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk on Monday confirmed that The Boring Company, one of its other enterprises, will work to build a hyperloop system “in the coming years”.Read more
Nevomo completes first section of EU’s longest passive magnetic levitation test track
Polish company Nevomo has completed the first section of what is slated to become the longest passive magnetic levitation test track in Europe for their MagRail technology. Earlier this month, a 700-metre section was installed...Read more
European Hyperloop Center to opt for temporary test track
In an effort to maintain its development momentum, the European Hyperloop Center (EHC) is in talks with HUSA Logistics for the construction of a temporary test track, as the planned main testing facilities will take...Read more
Virgin Hyperloop shelves plans for passenger transport in favour of cargo
Virgin Hyperloop earlier this week confirmed it will be focussing on freight as opposed to high-speed passenger transport amidst a company shake-up that left 111 people out of a job.Read more
Texas drops hyperloop option for Dallas-Fort Worth choosing high-speed rail
A hyperloop connection between Dallas and Fort Worth is no longer considered an option. The Regional Transport Council has chosen to focus only on high-speed rail for the corridor. Hyperloop will however also be advanced,...Read more