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IIT Madras is planning to organise a ‘Global Hyperloop Pod Competition’
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is planning to organise a ‘Global Hyperloop Pod Competition’ in July 2020. Similar to Elon Musk's SpaceX organizes in USA. IIT Madras Global Hyperloop Pod Competition is...
Saudi Arabia in Partnership with Virgin Hyperloop One for a National Hyperloop Study
From Virgin site: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Leads with World’s First National Hyperloop Study, in Partnership with Virgin Hyperloop One Saudi Minister of Transport, H.E. Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser,...Polish startup works on hyperloop compatible Magrail technology seeks funding (and found it in just 10 days)
Polish startup Hyper Poland wants to innovate existing rail technology. Unlike Maglev trains, Hyper Poland's trains will use passive levitation and acompatible with hyperloop technology. Since I copy pasted their search for capital..."We failed to get Formula 1 to Groningen. So we went for European Hyperloop Test Center"
It is funny but this is what Joost van Keulen, the former Wethouder (similar to Alderman in UK) who lobbied to bring the Hardt Hyperloop Test Center to Groningen says: "We had a club of entrepreneurs in Groningen who tried to get Formula 1...Tim Houter, CEO of Hardt Hyperloop gives his insight as to how hyperloop technology is a potential solution to the travel dilemmas versus carbon footprint
‘flight shaming’, carbon footprint and hyperloop. https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-articles/96367/can-a-desire-to-travel-more-ever-marry-up-with-reducing-carbon-footprint/Province of Groningen made things look rosy to snatch the Hyperloop European Test Center
Groningen was in the race with the province of Zeeland to host the Hyperloop test center. At the end of 2019, Delft-based Hardt Hyperloop has chosen province of Groningen for building a 3 kilometer long hyperloop test track. Now it looks like...How a tweet decided the course of Delft Hyperloop
This year, the Delft Hyperloop team is opting for a flexible design. A tweet from Hyperloop inventor Elon Musk was the deciding factor. https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/how-tweet-decided-course-delft-hyperloopGroningen aims for a pivotal position on account of future Hyperloop terminal
Groningen politician from economic liberal VVD, Mirjam Wulfse sees opportunities for Groningen industry when it comes to collaborating with the Hyperloop test center. Like transporting shrimp caught by fishermen in The Netherlands to...Common approach planned for European hyperloop systems
European countries have agreed to create the joint technical committee (JTC), called JTC 20, which will be part of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation...Virgin Hyperloop One Job: VHO is looking for a procurement director
It is an USA (LA area) based job https://www.builtinla.com/job/operations/procurement-director/62854Magway raises £2 million to build parcel delivery tunnels under London.
Magway has raised more than £2 million to build hyperloop style parcel delivery tunnels under the streets of London. https://www.businesscloud.co.uk/news/tunnel-delivery-network-for-parcels-raises-more-than-2mMissouri House passes bill aimed at transporting people in tubes
he Missouri House passed this week legislation that would add the hyperloop to the list of projects that could be funded through public-private partnerships, like ports and light rail systems...
Mumbai's CSMT-Panvel corridor may get Maglev train, a more proven technology than hyperloop
Maglev trains (magnetic levitation) is a new railway technology whereby while moving trains loose physical contact with the rails and they move over a cushion of magnetic field. This allows them speeds to 400 kilometer per hour. Germany is the...Virgin Hyperloop One gets Saudi contract to conduct pre-feasibility study on hyperloop
After loosing the prospects of building a hyperloop system for Pune in India, Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) tries harder in Saudi Arabia. VHO and Saudi authorities have signed a contract agreement for VHO to conduct the pre-feasibility...Toronto to Windsor in under half an hour: Hyperloop made in Canada
TransPod Hyperloop Inc., a Toronto company is designing a new fifth mode of transportation, beyond ships, trains, automobiles, and planes. And they are looking at a Toronto to Windsor route as an alternative for the Ontario government’s...State Officials Continue Push for Hyperloop in Missouri
Speaking at a recent business summit, the Missouri House speaker Elijah Haahr said it made sense to build a tube capable of sending people across the state in a half hour, assuming the technology works as...Central Ohio advances in its quest to be hyperloop's proving grounds
Central Ohio bids for hosting the hyperloop testing and certification center of the Virgin Hyperloop One. VHO says they Central Ohio is in the shortlist of candidates down from a list of 17 hopeful state and local...Magway's Underground System is Like Hyperloop for Packages
https://vimeo.com/342980562 Magway is a UK-based company that aims to utilize an existing technology–the ability to lay pipelines–and fill those pipelines with package-carrying sleds riding on mag-lev...Major Setback for Virgin Hyperloop One. India Shelves $10 billion Pune - Mumbai Hyperloop Project in Maharashtra
US-based Virgin Hyperloop One had been working on convincing different stakeholders in India' Maharashtra to construct the World's first operational Hyperloop people mover between Mumbai-Pune. All went fine until November 2019. That is...India better spent its resources for the affordable, proven transport technology, instead of hyperloop fantasies
There is much talk about "first operational hyperloop in the World to be in India". This article by B.V.R. Subbu criticize this The hyperloop is indeed a great idea, quite possibly even the Holy Grailfast, energy-efficient...
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