A quarter-mile white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era in the transportation of people and freight. The tube is the heart of ...

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 ...

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It has been almost a decade since Elon Musk floated the idea of hyperloop, a new mode of transportation that promises to move people and goods at the speed of airplanes while staying on the ground.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2013, Elon Musk talked about the Hyperloop. A futuristic transport system built around near-vacuum tubes designed to whisk ...

Virgin Hyperloop One has built a test track in Nevada. The speed of the pod reached 240 mph in December 2017. (Photo courtesy of Virgin Hyperloop One.) JEFFERSON CITY — The long-term goal is to build ...

Imagine traveling from New York to Los Angeles in less than an hour or from London to Paris in 15 minutes. Sounds impossible, right? Well, not for China’s biggest missile manufacturer, which claims to ...

Elon Musk is very much an ideas man. He regularly comes out with elaborate solutions to the world's problems. His musings have included robotaxis, nuking the Martians, and brain chips capable of ...

For the past decade, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has been pushing forward on a near-frictionless high-speed capsule system it ultimately hopes will revolutionize both passenger and freight ...

Mass transportation, apart from the sheer volume of passengers and freight, isn't something India tends to be remembered for. But this may change with the advent of ultra-high-speed rail (UHSR), or ...