Video: Hyperloop One lyckades med första testet

Hyperloop är ett koncept för ett framtida färdmedel för människor och varor. Hyperloop ska bestå av rör med mycket lågt lufttryck, nära vakuum, där luftmotståndet blir mycket litet. I rören färdas kapslar drivna av linjära induktionsmotorer, linjärmotorer. Kapslarna kan rymma människor eller varor. Enligt tidiga beräkningar ska systemet kunna transportera kapslarna i hastigheter över 1200 km/h. Det var entreprenören Elon Musk som först utvecklade konceptet Hyperloop, men nu utvecklas konceptet av frivilliga. En prototyp byggdes 2016 i Kalifornien och ytterligare prototyper förväntas byggas 2017. Färdmedlet förväntas transportera varor år 2020 och människor 2021.

Hyperloop One, previously known as Hyperloop Technologies, is a company in Los Angeles, California, that is working to commercialize the Hyperloop for moving passengers and/or cargo at airline speeds at a fraction of the cost of air travel. The concept of Hyperloop transportation was introduced and named by Elon Musk in August 2013, although he is not involved with Hyperloop One. The Hyperloop uses a linear electric motor to accelerate and decelerate an electromagnetically levitated pod through a low-pressure tube. The vehicle will glide silently for miles at speeds up to 600 mph (1000km/h) or more with no turbulence. The system is designed to be entirely autonomous, quiet and on-demand (departures every 10–20 seconds) and, as it is built on columns or tunneled underground, eliminates the dangers of at-grade crossings and requires much smaller rights of way than high-speed rail or a highway. Hyperloop One has made substantive technical changes to Musk's initial proposal and chose not to pursue the San Francisco-to-Los Angeles route that Musk envisioned in his 2013 white paper. The company has raised $160 million and demonstrated a form of propulsion technology in May 2016 at its test site north of Las Vegas Hyperloop One has completed a 500m Development Loop (DevLoop) in North Las Vegas and just after midnight on May 12, 2017, the company held its first full-scale Hyperloop test, becoming the first company in the world to test a full-scale Hyperloop. The test combined Hyperloop components including vacuum, propulsion, levitation, sled, control systems, tube, and structures. Hyperloop One is currently developing passenger and cargo system routes in the United States, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Arab Emirates. It is also in early talks with Indian government to build one in India. Its publicly stated goal is to deliver a fully operational Hyperloop system by 2021.