Incredible plans for Europe’s first hyperloop that zips commuters between cities in MINS as groundbreaking test begins
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- Apr 28, 2024
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ELON Musk's outlandish dream of a revolutionary transport system is slowly coming to pass.
The futuristic Hyperloop concept he created in 2013 has been successfully tested and received massive investment from Virgin's Richard Branson.
When proposing the idea, Musk described the transport system as “a cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table”.
The hyperloop would enable passengers to travel in pods which levitate inside massive tubes.
The tubes are surrounded by a cushion of air which drastically reduces friction.
The friction-less pods are able to safely travel at immensely high speeds – similar to how a puck glides in a game of air hockey.
The pods will be propelled either by magnets (a system called passive magnetic levitation) or air expelled from the vessels themselves.
The tubes would be suspended off the ground to protect against weather conditions and earthquakes.
Musk proposed the Hyerploop in a paper that he published for free online, challenging engineers to develop the technology.
In 2014, Richard Branson and Virgin invested in Hyperloop One, which has now been renamed "Virgin Hyperloop".
Virgin Hyperloop, previously known as Hyperloop Technologies, completed the first public test of the propulsion system in May 2016.
Canada's Transpod and Spain's Zeleros also aim to upend traditional passenger and freight networks with similar technology.
Lamme is also confident people will be able to live and work in two separate cities due to the ultraquick journey times.
"It will change people’s ways with how we live within a continent," he said.
“You could walk to the station, jump on a hyperloop, and within 40 minutes you’re in another country.
“We could build a hyperloop where you can live up to 200km away from where you work.
“We can use space more efficiently and not everyone will have to live in the city centre.
“That’s suddenly become possible, so it’s very strange. How we could live is hard to imagine."
Hyperloop is also entirely electric, green and uses very little space - a major factor for somewhere as densely packed as Europe.
The energy use of travelling with a hyperloop is estimated to be 10x less compared to traveling by car or by plane, providing an energy-efficient solution for the growing transportation needs.
Furthermore, it produces barely any sound.
"You can literally stand next to the pipe, where a vehicle going 700kmh is rushing by, and you will barely notice," said Lamme.
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