TheHyperloopis a concept for a transportation arrangement whereby a capsule inside a near - vacuum thermionic tube can accelerate up to around 1,220 kilometers ( 760 miles ) per hour , providing a rapid transport system for passenger . It ’s estimated that a trip from Washington D.C. to New York City would take just 30 minutes .
It sounds like the stuff of science fabrication – and at the moment , it is . But the company that is aiming to develop this engineering hasannouncedthey are making significant advancement , and will begin build a test track next yr in Quay Valley , California .
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk first nominate the estimation of the Hyperloop in2013 . At the time , he aver he was n’t looking to make grow the idea himself , but was rather free the idea for others to explicate . Thus spring up Hyperloop Transportation Technologies ( HTT ) , founded by JumpStartFund , who decided to fight forward with Hyperloop ’s development .
The fellowship has been looking for volunteers across a range of discipline – from engineers to technicians – to help make the dream a realness . The company has now divulge they have more than 400 professionals on board , while companies including Oerlikon , Aecom and Hodgetts & Fung were involved to provide support . And they also confirmed 2016 as the year they would start building the first test rail .
The trial track , illustrated , will be eight klick ( five miles ) long . HTT / JumpStartFund .
" Our team continues to arise and , along with these Modern alliance , is representative of the collaborative spirit of HTT and are central to our success in breaking earth in 2016 , " saidDirk Ahlborn , CEO of HTT , in astatement . " We get applications from professionals and are approached by industry leading companies every day . "
Their test track will be an elongate loop eight kilometers ( five sea mile ) long , plan to explore how well the Hyperloop works . The ultimate goal in the future is to use Hyperloop as a high - speed means of touch base urban center , such as San Francisco to Los Angeles , which could be covered in just 30 minutes . Someremain skeptical , citing the huge development costs , but the company is confident that as ahead of time as 2018 they can set off work up a urban center - to - city line . Inner - urban center lines are also on the agendum .
While Musk himself does n’t project to be directly involve in the development of the Hyperloop yet , his company SpaceX is planning to hold acompetitionnext yr to see who can project the unspoiled ejector seat . More than 1,200 competitors , mostly university student and independent technologist , have signed up to take part .
When or if it come to fruition remains to be seen , but there ’s sure no lack of desire to get this so - called“fifth mode of transport ” – after rail , sea , road and air – up and go .
