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India's first Hyperloop test track, built by IIT Madras teams, revealed | Video

The maiden run on the Hyperloop test track was carried out at a speed of 100 kmph. It would be increased gradually to 600 kmph in test runs in the future.

The hyperloop track at IIT-Madras Discovery Campus at Chennai's Thaiyur suburb (x.com/AshwiniVaishnaw)
Published on Dec 06, 2024 01:16 PM IST
By, New Delhi

Hyperloop One, high-speed transportation firm, will shut down on this date

Hyperloop One was founded in 2014 and raised more than $400 million, largely from UAE shipping company DP World and British billionaire Richard Branson.

Hyperloop had envisioned a future in which floating pods packed with passengers and cargo would run through vaccum tubes at a speed of 966 kph or faster.(Representational Photo)
Published on Dec 22, 2023 12:36 PM IST

India unlikely to have hyperloop trains in near future: NITI member V K Saraswat

Hyperloop is a high-speed train, running in vacuum in a tube.

The technology is proposed Elon Musk, who is behind electric car company Tesla and commercial space transport company SpaceX..(AFP/ Representative Image)
Published on Nov 05, 2023 11:21 AM IST
PTI |

News updates from HT: BJP shuts its doors to mass joining of turncoats

Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to go on a course correction drive ahead of the crucial assembly polls in West Bengal. (PTI)
Published on Feb 02, 2021 12:58 PM IST
Byhindustantimes.com

Virgin Hyperloop runs first passenger test: All about the super high-speed levitating pod system

Hyperloop involves a duct or a vacuum tube through which a passenger inside a capsule-like structure could travel at high speeds.

Virgin Hyperloop CTO Josh Giegel and the head of passenger experience Sara Luchian became the first two people to travel in a hyperloop.(Sarah Lawson | Virgin Hyperloop official website)
Updated on Nov 09, 2020 06:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com

Virgin Hyperloop hosts first human ride on new transport system

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop envisions a future where floating pods packed with passengers and cargo hurtle through vacuum tubes at 600 miles an hour (966 kph) or faster.

The company has previously run over 400 tests without human passengers at the Nevada site.(Reuters)
Updated on Nov 09, 2020 02:23 PM IST
Seattle | ByReuters | Posted by Srivatsan K C

Can you reach Bengaluru airport from city in 10 mins? Virgin Hyperloop to study feasibility

The move is aimed at finding ways to tackle congestion and supporting economic growth in Bengaluru, officials said. The MoU agrees on the pre-feasibility study, which focuses on technical, economic and route feasibility, is expected to be completed in two phases of six months each, an official release stated.

Terminal building of Kempegowda International Airport which is an international airport serving Bengaluru.(File photo)
Updated on Sep 27, 2020 10:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Arpan Rai

Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop project is a case of misplaced priorities | Opinion

This fantasy-like technology, which goes far beyond the Bullet Train in its promise, was proposed by American company Virgin Hyperloop.

The first stage is a 11.8-km demonstration track between Gahunje and Urse village alongside the Pune-Mumbai expressway on Pune’s outskirts.(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 06:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByAbhay Vaidya

Swiss twist for Pune-Mumbai hyperloop: Global firms can now bid to challenge Virgin One

The state government’s Urban development department, in a notification issued on November 2, declared the Pune-Mumbai hyperloop project as a public infrastructure project with international consortium - DP World FZE and Virgin Hyperloop One - as the original project proponents. 

Touted to be the future of commuting, the hyperloop transports people in a pod-like compartment which traverses a tube at super high-speed.(HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 13, 2018 05:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | ByShrinivas Deshpande

Maharashtra CM meets Virgin Hyperloop, Oracle officials during US visit

In a bid to boost the cyber policing in Maharashtra, Fadnavis also met the CEO of Symantec, Greg Clark in San Francisco

Devendra Fadnavis is on a three-country tour(Ht Photo)
Updated on Jun 17, 2018 12:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Mumbai
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