Virgin Hyperloop pod transport tests first passenger journey

The futuristic transport concept involves pods inside vacuum tubes carrying passengers at high speeds. Virgin Hyperloop is not the only firm developing the concept but nobody has carried passengers before.

The future of transportation

What do we actually need? What is the least that will do the job? What is enough? A better world is possible" using the technology that we have had all our lives – the bike, the bus, the elevator.

Student-built Hyperloop pod smashes speed record

A group of students from the Technical University of Munich taking part in the third SpaceX run Hyperloop Pod Competition have set a new speed record.

France is building the world's third Hyperloop test track

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is constructing a test track in Toulouse, France. A closed system around 1,050 feet long will comprise the first phase, and the company says it will be operational in 2018.

The Future of Transportation

Tech titans are eager to reimagine how we will travel in the coming decades, but whose vision will win out?

Hyperloop prototype makes global debut in Dubai

Virgin Hyperloop One system will transport goods and people from Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 minutes.

Richard Branson signs deal for India’s first super-speedy hyperloop route

Virgin Hyperloop One just signed an agreement with the state of Maharashtra in India to work towards a hyperloop route between Pune and Mumbai.

Virgin Hyperloop Sets New Speed Record

Virgin Hyperloop One announced a new speed record of 240 miles (386 km) per hour in its latest testing protocol.

Second Hyperloop Pod Design Competition A Success

The second Hyperloop Pod Design Competition was a success, with teams from all over the world testing their pod car designs at SpaceX test track in California.

This test run of Hyperloop shows people can soon travel at 700 miles an hour

At about 700 miles per hour, Hyperloop One, the full-scale hyperloop that’s just been tested successfully, should be faster than air-travel. Commercial services might be launched by 2021.

The hyperloop is ready for its big ‘Kitty Hawk’ moment

The test track in the Nevada desert is finally complete and ready to host the first full-system test in the next few months. Hyperloop One is eyeing less than a dozen regions in the US as possible future locations for its ultrafast, futuristic transportation system.

India could have its own Hyperloop system within 38 months

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies could have a system up and running in India within the next few years.

Global subway map shows the potential of a hyperloop-connected world

Finalist proposals from Hyperloop One's Global Challenge could lead to a global system of high-speed capsule transportation.

Hyperloop One has unveiled its plans for the world's first Hyperloop system

A US startup pursuing Elon Musk's futuristic vision of insanely fast pod-based transport announced this week that it intends to build the world's first Hyperloop system in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Hyperloop Connecting Helsinki and Stockholm Turns 300-Mile Trip Into 28 Minute Ride

A hyperproposed application for the Hyperloop announced today could solve a transportation conundrum that has been challenging planners for centuries: Connecting the neighboring nations of Sweden and Finland.