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India Boards the Hyperloop Bandwagon

posted by martyb on Saturday September 09 2017, @02:52AM   Printer-friendly

Phoenix666 writes:

India is the latest nation to make plans for its own Hyperloop, with the south eastern state of Andhra Pradesh signing a deal with startup Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) to build a high-speed transport route between two of its major cities.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is just one of the startups working away on Elon Musk's futuristic transport concept. When fully realized, such a system would see passengers and cargo flung through near-vacuum tubes at around the speed of sound in specially designed capsules that could cut the travel time between Los Angeles and San Francisco to just 30 minutes.

[...] And now it is making a move in India. The agreement signed between HTT and the government of Andhra Pradesh aims to connect the city centers of Amaravati and Vijayawada, which take around an hour to travel between by car but would take just six minutes by Hyperloop. HTT will start with a six-month feasibility study in October looking at the cityscapes to determine the best route for its transport tubes. If all goes to plan, construction will begin thereafter.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by n1 on Saturday September 09 2017, @04:17AM (1 child)

    by n1 (993) on Saturday September 09 2017, @04:17AM (#565493) Journal

    It seems to me that Hyperloop means nothing, and is just the new name you can use for existing maglev train systems, but obviously you can't tap the Musk cultists for funding, or get millions in free marketing/pr if you admit that.

    Hyperloop Transportation Technologies announced in March of 2016 that they would be using passive Inductrack systems for their titular Hyperloop.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductrack [wikipedia.org]

    And let's not forget the actual 'hyperloop' as described by the whitepaper has only been tested on extremely limited and small scale prototypes and is in no way ready for commercial production.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday September 09 2017, @11:42AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 09 2017, @11:42AM (#565605) Journal

    Why would one want to use Inductrack is beyond me. The linked says

    Below the transition speed the magnetic drag increases with vehicle speed; above the transition speed, the magnetic drag decreases with speed.[4] For example, at 500 km/h (310 mph) the lift to drag ratio is 200:1,[5] far higher than any aircraft but much lower than classic steel on steel rail which reaches 1000:1 (rolling resistance).

    Maybe Musk didn't have enough magnets to play with when he was a kid?

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