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Hyperloop steps closer to reality as top contender signs interstate deal to study Chicago-Cleveland route for high-speed pods that could ferry passengers over 300 miles in less than 30 MINUTES
- HTT signed a deal with North Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency and Illinois’ Department of Transportation
- Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is one of the leading firms working to bring Hyperloop to life
- Deal will allow firm to conduct a feasibility study on multiple ‘corridors’ between Chicago and Cleveland
- The plan could theoretically cut the five-hour, 313 mile trip between the two sites to just 28 minutes
- Elon Musk has also revealed plans for a Chicago Hyperloop, which would connect O’Hare airport to downtown
One of the firms leading the race to bring Elon Musk’s plan for high-speed Hyperloop transportation to life has signed its first interstate agreement, in a major step toward building such a system.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has signed a deal with the North Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency and Illinois’ Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on a network connecting Cleveland to Chicago.
The plan could theoretically cut the five-hour, 313 mile trip down to just 28 minutes.
With the new agreement, the firm can now investigate a number of potential ‘corridors’ between the two Great Lakes cities.
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One of the firms leading the race to bring Elon Musk’s plan for high-speed Hyperloop transportation to life has signed its first interstate agreement, in a major step toward building such a system. An artist’s rendering of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies’ pod system is pictured
Since Elon Musk first proposed the radical, pod-based transport system, there have been several roadblocks along the way for the firms vying to make it happen.
The biggest of which, HTT says, is all the regulations.
‘Regulations are the ultimate barrier for Hyperloop implementation, and we are excited to build the first real public-private partnership to bring Hyperloop travel to the US,’ said Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of HTT.
‘With this agreement, we welcome innovative and industry-leading partners in both government and industry to our movement.’
The firm shared a map tracing a potential Cleveland-Chicago route.
This could eventually be part of a wider high-speed transportation network connecting numerous Great Lakes sites.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has signed a deal with the North Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency and Illinois’ Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on a network connecting Cleveland to Chicago. The plan could theoretically cut the five-hour, 313 mile trip down to just 28 minutes
HTT will be holding an event at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland later this month to reveal additional details on the plan.
‘We came here because places like Cleveland, Chicago, and Pittsburgh have the manufacturing, the raw materials, and the talented, hard working people in order to make it happen,’ said Andrea La Mendola, Chief Global Operations Officer of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies.
‘We can source everything from this area. This is a place where you make big things.’
Elon Musk is also eyeing Chicago as one of his future Hyperloop hubs.
Last fall, the Boring Company CEO tweeted: ‘The Boring Company will compete to fund, build & operate a high-speed Loop connecting Chicago O’Hare Airport to downtown.’
WHAT IS THE HYPERLOOP?
Hyperloop is a proposed method of travel that would transport people at roughly 700mph between distant locations.
It was unveiled by Elon Musk in 2013, who at the time said it could take passengers the 380 miles (610km) from LA to San Francisco in 30 minutes – half the time it takes a plane.
It is essentially a long tube that has had the air removed to create a vacuum. For safety reasons, Hyperloop tunnels need escape hatches in case of fire.
The tube is suspended off the ground to protect against weather and earthquakes.
There are now a number of firms vying to bring the technology to life, including Elon Musk himself, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, and Virgin Hyperloop One.
As several firms vie to create the first operational Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s vision of a radical transport system that could ferry passengers above land at 760 miles per hour continues to inch closer to reality
The project is designed to create a new ‘express’ option that would take travelers between downtown and O’Hare in ’20 minutes or less,’ cutting travel times in half.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) revealed last year they’ve begun construction on the first passenger capsule – and it could be available early next year.
According to the firm, their pods will be able to carry a total of 164,000 passengers every day, departing every 40 seconds.
HTT and Spanish firm Carbures have started work on the radical pod that they say will be the first passenger capsule in the world.
Since Elon Musk first proposed the radical, pod-based transport system, there have been several roadblocks along the way for the firms vying to make it happen. The biggest of which, HTT says, is all the regulations. An artist’s impression of their Great Lakes transport system is pictured
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies secured deal to study a route connecting Cleveland to Chicago. This could eventually be part of a wider high-speed transportation network connecting numerous Great Lakes sites.
‘Our dream of creating the next breakthrough in transportation takes a big step forward today,’ said Dirk Ahlborn, Co-founder & CEO HTT.
A video teasing the construction process shows a glimpse at the inside of a futuristic capsule that could fit 28-40 passengers at a time.
The Hyperloop pod, which will be tested at the company’s Toulouse headquarters, will harness passive magnetic levitation and a low pressure tube to hit unprecedented speeds.
‘The capsule hovers inside a tube with low air pressure, and like a jet plane at high altitude, experiences little air resistance,’ according to the firm.
‘The remaining air in front of the capsule is moved to the back using a compressor, allowing for speeds up to 760 mph, with very low energy consumption.’
Each pod will be about 100 feet long, and 2.7 meters wide.
An animation of what a passenger’s experience in one of these pods might be reveals it could have augmented windows that show a ‘realistic perspective’ of the world outside. The futuristic capsule will fit 28-40 passengers at a time
According to HTT, the world’s first capsule will be ready in early 2018.
An animation of what a passenger’s experience in one of these pods might be reveals it could have augmented windows that show a ‘realistic perspective’ of the world outside.
And, they could display the weather conditions, time, and how fast the vehicle is moving.
Elon Musk unveiled the idea of a Hyperloop transport system in 2013, and several firms have since been competing to achieve the first full-scale design.
In March 2017, Hyperloop One revealed photographs of its prototype in the Nevada Desert, showing off the first tube of ‘DevLoop’ which could become the first full Hyperloop system.
The 1.8 mile (3 km) full-scale and full speed enclosed prototype is taking shape in the desert in North Las Vegas in Nevada – and the company is expected to perform a public trial in the first half of 2017.
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