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How Elon Musk’s sci-fi hyperloop failed

We have no idea what we’re doing,” declared Elon Musk, standing beside a yawning “test trench” in Southern California in 2017. A crowd of engineering students and tech reporters hooted and hollered, ...
Swisspod employees gathered with local and national leaders to test the company's Aerys1 hyperloop capsule model, designed and built in Colorado Springs, on the company's hyperloop test track at the ...
Two Swisspod employees push a small mechanical vehicle into a white tube that says "swisspod" in red letters on the outside at the company’s testing facility near Pueblo prior to a test Nov. 21, 2025.
A couple of men pushed the sled full of tech equipment into the steel tube toward the starting line. Moments later a metallic clank was followed by the sounds of acceleration echoing out of the ...
Swisspod's Aerys 1 hyperloop capsule reached a record speed of 65 miles per hour at its PuebloPlex test track. The company's long-term goal is to transport passengers at hundreds of miles per hour, ...
Five members of the Cornell Hyperloop project team competed at the 2025 Hyperloop Global Conference, hosted at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, this past summer. Among top international teams, ...
The transportation industry is on the brink of a revolution, with hyperloop technology leading the charge toward faster, more efficient travel. As we look ahead to 2026, several companies have made ...
Exploring the Hyperloop, a concept for renewable public transport, involves traveling in levitating capsules within vacuum tubes at speeds exceeding 200 mph, faster than a 747. This video examines the ...
For those unfamiliar, a hyperloop is a currently experimental form of public transportation originally conceptualized by Elon Musk, in which a passenger capsule is sealed into a borderline ...
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Chinese researchers have announced breakthroughs that may resolve the most persistent engineering flaw in vacuum-tube maglev systems, an issue that has stumped Elon Musk and other developers.