The first images of what the Hyperloop, tubular transportation system of the near future, could look like have surfaced. The images come courtesy of Hyperloop and UCLA's Hyperloop SUPRASTUDIO, which ...

Virgin Hyperloop has revealed what a 45-minute trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco is going to look like. Last week, the mass transportation company -- owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group -- ...

[Full Story: Hyperloop Unveiled - Billionaire Elon Musk Reveals Wild Idea for Superfast Travel] Energy cost per passenger for a journey between Los Angeles and San Francisco for various modes of ...

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Although the technology needed to propel people through near-vacuum tubes at around the speed of sound is still years away, every now and then Hyperloop developers like to share their vision of what ...

A year after first teasing the public about his "Hyperloop" travel concept, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has finally revealed details about the potentially revolutionary transportation system of ...

They're building a tube in the desert. After some delays, lots of controversy and maybe a little concern about the longevity of the enterprise, HyperLoop One, the next-gen transportation company, is ...

In a landmark moment for the experimental transportation technology, Virgin Hyperloop has welcomed aboard its first ever passengers, albeit only for a short spin along a test track. These first ever ...

His reasoning is pretty clear. If there is going to be a massive investment in this fifth mode, then it has to be safer, faster, cheaper, more convenient, self-powering and immune to things like ...

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Hyperloop One had once dreamed of building a high-speed freight link between Europe and China, one that could take cargo from one end to the other in a single day. That will, however, remain one of ...

Hyperloop One, the futuristic transportation company building tube-encased lines to zip passengers and freight from city to city at airplane-like speeds, is shutting down, according to people familiar ...