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posted by martyb on Monday August 28 2017, @10:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the faster++ dept.

Adjacent to SpaceX headquarters, 25 teams gathered for another Hyperloop Pod Competition. This time the winner would be judged by how quickly they could go down the 1.25 kilometer (about .77 miles) track. On the final day of competition, three teams advanced to the finals and had the chance to push their pod to the limit.

With a speed of just over 200 miles per-hour, the Warr (pronounced Varr) team from the Technical University of Munich handily beat the two other finalists with its small, but quick pod. Weighing just 80 kg (176 pounds) and powered by a 50kw motor, the vehicle was essentially a small electric car built specifically for winning the competition.

[...] At the end of the competition, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk mused that there's no reason why future pods in the competition couldn't hit 500 to 600 miles per-hour on the 1.25 kilometer track. Of course that means that there will be another Hyperloop Pod Competition sometime next year and who knows, maybe we'll see pods hitting the speeds that'll make the mode of transportation truly rival air travel.

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/27/hyperloop-pod-competition-winner-hits-200-mph/


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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday August 28 2017, @11:18PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Monday August 28 2017, @11:18PM (#560575)

    Man had always dreamt of flying. You didn't need a financial return as motivation.

    Outside of the UAE, where are you going to find enough consumers with the income to pay for a high-NRE high-maintenance low-throughput blind people pipe? Unlike most other transportation systems, you can only put light cargo on it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @01:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 29 2017, @01:24AM (#560616)

    The point is, there were plenty of naysayers for them, too. It will be fun to see what things look like in 20 years. Perhaps you are right, and the idea will go nowhere, but I am happy to see them trying.