LOOP TODAY, HYPERLOOP TOMORROW
Hyperloop is an ultra-high-speed public transportation system in which
passengers travel in autonomous electric pods at 600+ miles per hour
A Hyperloop trip from DC to New York would take less than 30 minutes
Similarly, a trip from DC to Baltimore would take less than 8 minutes
Nearly a decade in the making
Conceptualized in a 2013 white paper published by Elon Musk
Ideal transportation alternative for regional / long-haul travel
Statewide and intra-city mass transit system solution
Hyperloop Test Tunnel - Hyperloop Pod Competition
The Hyperloop Pod Competition was an annual competition sponsored by SpaceX and The Boring Company from 2015–2019 in which student teams and hobbyists participated to design and build a subscale prototype transport vehicle, demonstrating technical feasibility of various aspects of the Hyperloop concept.
The SpaceX Hyperloop test track, or Hypertube, was designed in 2015 and constructed in 2016, reaching its full length of one mile by October 2016. The test track itself was also a prototype, to learn from the design, build process and evaluated how to apply automated construction techniques to future Hyperloop tracks.
