TECHNOLOGY – HYPERLOOP
INTRODUCTION
Hyperloop is an unproven technology that could disrupt ground (and underground) travel. A hyperloop is a low pressure tube, or system of tubes, through which autonomous pods (containing people or freight) may travel, floating on air or using magnetic levitation, at speeds up to 750 mph.
The concept was first introduced by Robert Goddard in 1904, and popularized by Elon Musk in 2012. Musk’s proposal is to use tunnels to eliminate traffic congestion (which is why Musk formed the Boring Company to make tunneling more efficient). Watch a brief video here. Implementing Hyperloop involves very high initial capital investments (to install the tube system), but operations would be low cost, fast, and environmentally efficient.
There are several companies developing pilot versions, including Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop One. At this stage there are test tracks in the US and Europe, with expected operation starting in 2023 (freight) and about 2026 (people). The technology seems best applied to inter-city travel. Proposed routes are in Germany, the US, and India. (China has specifically denied interest in the technology, preferring to continue to enhance its high-speed trains.)
If implemented, the impact on jobs would initially be positive, involving major tunnel construction projects. Manufacture and operation of the pods would require skills different from working with trains and buses, but no major loss of jobs would be envisaged (beyond those already resulting from the transition to autonomous electric vehicle travel).
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ZELEROS TO START HYPERLOOP PROJECT FOR CARGO IN 2022 AND PASSENGERS IN 2030 (Transport - 2021-11 - The National News)
Spanish start-up Zeleros will have a working Hyperloop prototype to carry cargo in the port of Valencia by the end of 2022. They are working on passenger pods that will carry between 50-200 passengers at 600 kph in 2030.
DESIGN OF HYPERLOOP TT’S HYPERPORT TO BE CERTIFIED (Transport - 2021-07 - Interesting Engineering)
HyperloopTT has announced its HyperPort, developed in partnership with terminal operator Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG, is going into certification design review. The HyperPort is a “sustainable high-speed cargo and freight solution”.
HYPERLOOP ACHIEVES 1,000KM/H SPEED IN SOUTH KOREA (Transport - 2020-11 - TheDrive.com)
The Korean Railroad Research Institute announced that a scale model of a “hyper-tube train” travelling through a vacuum hit a record top speed of 1,019km/h (633mph). South Korea is hoping to launch a hyperloop network by 2024, cutting the journey time between Seoul and Busan from three hours to 30 minutes.
Virgin Hyperloop One is planning to build a $500 million hyperloop certification center (Transport - 2020-10 - Futurism)
Virgin Hyperloop One is planning to build a $500 million hyperloop certification center in West Virginia. Its hyperloop system will ferry passengers through a vacuum tube at over 600 mph. Construction for a first six-mile test loop will begin in 2022 with safety certifications following three years later, and commercial operations starting in 2030.
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Boring Company completes first tunnel under Las Vegas Convention Centre (Construction/Tunnels - 2020-02 - Singularity Hub)
In February 2020, Elon Musk’s Boring Company finished excavating the first of two tunnels for a new transportation system that will run underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center. The second tunnel will run parallel to the first, creating a loop to carry people back and forth in modified Tesla Model 3 and Model X cars at up to 155 mph. The one-mile-long tunnel was completed in 90 days.
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