Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of the startups trying to build the high-speed transportation system dreamed up years ago by Elon Musk, won a bid to build a prototype in northern Italy. The ...

Transport needs to be decarbonized at every level if we are to meet climate goals. One of the most effective ways to reduce the emissions from midrange travel distances is via electric trains, but ...

Virgin Hyperloop announced last week that it will lay off more than 100 workers and shift its focus from passenger to freight service, according to The Financial Times. The transportation company has ...

The hyperloop capsule will be tested using digital signalling software in the cloud. Credit: Hitachi Rail Limited. Hitachi Rail and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (Hyperloop TT) have concluded ...

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a transportation and technology licensing company, and Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, have entered into ...

Getting from place to place has always been a problem, and problems tend to inspire innovation. Cars, trains, planes, and even the humble boat exist because someone needed a better way of getting ...

It has been a transportation dream for more than 150 years: In the 1870s, a test system used a pneumatic vacuum tube to propel people under Manhattan from Warren Street to Murray Street. By the 2010s, ...

A decade ago, Elon Musk proposed a new form of transport that would shoot passengers through vacuum tunnels in levitating pods. A model of a passenger hyperloop capsule at Dubai's 2020 Expo. The UAE ...

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Though some efforts continue, the once-promising technology has run up against significant challenges — most notably creating an entirely new transit infrastructure. By Eric A. Taub This article is ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB) (“Fusion”) today announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent (“LOI”) for a business combination ...

Last month there were reports that China was looking to build the country’s first hyperloop line between Shanghai and Hangzhou, with a 150km long tunnel. The Chinese Academy of Engineering and rail ...