The hyperloop concept aims to transport people in high-speed pods in underground tubes. The concept was originally designed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, but it has since been adopted by Space X ...

After years of attempting to reinvent the nature of transit with a futuristic tube-based concept that would bring passengers and freight between locations at high speed, the startup Hyperloop One is ...

Hyperloop One, the futurist transportation company (in case you forgot) that promised to whisk passengers and cargo in vacuum-sealed tubes at jet speeds from city to city, is officially over – but ...

Sustainability and autonomous driving are some of the main development trends in the automotive industry, but increased efficiency can also be correlated to increased speed – from commercial ...

Virgin Hyperloop has laid off nearly half its staff and abandoned plans to develop a passenger transit system, the company confirmed this week. The company — which envisions a high-speed “vacuum tube” ...

Getting from place to place has always been a problem, and problems tend to inspire innovation. Cars, trains, planes, and even the humble boat exist because someone needed a better way of getting ...

It has been a transportation dream for more than 150 years: In the 1870s, a test system used a pneumatic vacuum tube to propel people under Manhattan from Warren Street to Murray Street. By the 2010s, ...

It’s been almost ten years since Elon Musk brought hyperloop technology back into modern public consciousness with a 2013 research paper. His Space X sponsored The Hyperloop Pod Competition spawning ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill has been signed into law and is expected to offer funding opportunities for the proposed Virgin Hyperloop One project in West Virginia. Sarah ...

The reality is we don’t really hear all that much about the evolution of hyperloops. The companies are like underground moles, sneakily operating in stealth mode on all matters of engineering and ...

Though some efforts continue, the once-promising technology has run up against significant challenges — most notably creating an entirely new transit infrastructure. By Eric A. Taub This article is ...

Virgin Hyperloop's yearslong goal of transporting people via vacuum-sealed tubes at speeds of up to 670 mph is on hold. The shift in focus represents a setback in the development of hyperloop ...