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posted by martyb on Wednesday July 25 2018, @04:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the internet-of-pods? dept.

Hyperloop test pod sets speed record

A competition helping to drive development of the futuristic hyperloop transport system has been won by engineering students from Munich. The hyperloop idea involves passengers in pods travelling at very high speeds down sealed tunnels. The team's pod hit 457km/h (290mph) on a 1.2km (0.75 mile) test track.

Run by the SpaceX aerospace company, the competition aims to refine the technologies that could underpin the super-fast transport system. The win is the third in a row for the Technical University of Munich team.

[...] In the latest round of the competition, the Munich team, Warr Hyperloop, outpaced rival capsules, which could manage speeds of only 88mph (Delft University) and 55mph (EPF Loop, from Switzerland), to beat its own record speed, 323km/h, set in the second competition, in September 2017.


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 25 2018, @04:39AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 25 2018, @04:39AM (#712182) Journal

    Why?

    That Boring Company, she needs to have some income, no?
    Otherwise, how can Musk get new money from the Silly Valley to waste in new projects?

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