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By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 18:16:47 +0000

The billionaire-backed startup has failed its mission, but is the promise of hyperloop technology still alive?

Hyperloop One, A Pipe Dream Of Elon Musk, Is Shutting Down
The billionaire-backed startup has failed its mission, but is the promise of hyperloop technology still alive?
https://www.iflscience.com/hyperloop-one-a-pipe-dream-of-elon-musk-is-shutting-down-72194?fbclid=IwAR02wvV2c4ojgZDceFfr5uF6b5ORnngr2wKZ52z3d3MthhQVf_VFVGgwUnY

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 09:21:27 +0000

https://www.iflscience.com/elon-musk-s-first-hyperloop-tunnel-is-gone-now-a-parking-lot-66080

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:13:14 +0000

#construction #architecture #infrastructure
The $11BN Tunnel Connecting Scandinavia to the Mediterranean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30foJiPUrBA

Frustrated with a massive mountain range for blocking your way and slowing you down? Just build a tunnel through the middle of it.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:59:26 +0000

MWC Barcelona 2019: Europe Is Trying to Develop Standards for Hyperloops Before Everyone Builds Incompatible Tunnels
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/mwc-barcelona-2019-europe-is-trying-to-develop-standards-for-hyperloops-before-everyone-builds-incompatible-tunnels

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 09:39:37 +0000

rLoop – The Team of Tomorrow
http://www.te.com/usa-en/about-te/ecc/awesome-rloop.html?te_bu=Cor&te_type=other&te_campaign=dsn_usa_awesome-rloop&elqCampaignId=9811

In June 2015, the engineering community was challenged to invent prototype pods for the future of transportation – The Hyperloop. From over 1,200 teams that responded, just one, the rLoop team, was virtually crowdsourced from over 14 countries, becoming the only non-university team to advance to the final round of the competition. Here’s their story.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 09:39:18 +0000

Hyperloop One explores setting up high-speed transport system in Finland, Netherlands, Dubai
http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/2016/11/11/hyperloop-one-explores-setting-up-high-speed-transport-system-in-finland-netherlands-dubai/

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:03:40 +0000

https://hyperloop-one.com/

Hyperloop One is reinventing transportation to eliminate barriers of time and distance by using Hyperloop transport to move cargo and passengers immediately, safely, efficiently, and sustainably.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 12:00:14 +0000

I am just wondering how well this “Hyperloop One” would go if they start to build it.
I have been just following how new West Metro (Länsimetro) from Helsinki to Espoo farce has been going on – it was supposed to cost a lot less than what it costs and was planned to open it 2015… but opening is still delayed to 2017:

Opening of the West Metro delayed – HSL redesigs bus routes
http://www.lansimetro.fi/component/content/article/1-news/1499-opening-of-the-west-metro-delayed–hsl-redesigs-bus-routes.html

The West Metro will not begin operating on 15 August. The Board of Directors of Länsimetro Oy decided on Friday 10 June to postpone the opening of the new line due to a hold-up in the safety testing of the technical systems.

“The construction of the West Metro is a long process. Test runs of all systems are done at the end of the process, just before opening the line. The test runs have proven to be more demanding than we expected,”

No new date for the opening of the line has yet been announced. All technical systems must be tested and after the testing is complete, authorities must approve the Metro line’s facilities, systems and equipment before the line can be opened.

Länsimetro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nsimetro

Final approval for a 13.5-kilometre (8.4 mi) route was granted on 4 April 2007, and the construction began in November 2009. In February 2014, rock blasting was complete, and the fitting out of the tunnels and construction of the stations was ongoing. The extension was planned to open on 15 August 2016[5][6] but is currently delayed for an unknown time.

Preliminary plans, made in 2000 and 2001, cited the cost of building the infrastructure for the metro extension to Matinkylä to be about €400 million. When the Espoo city council decided on construction of the metro in 2004, the estimated cost was €452 million

By January 2008, the estimated cost had risen to over €800 million, and by February 2014, to about €1 billion.

By: Tomi Engdahl

Tomi Engdahl — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:47:03 +0000

The study claims the Nordic Hyperloop would start generating a surplus after 10 years thanks to its economic benefits.

So, it might pay for itself after 30 years (taking into account the construction will be late and over budget). And that’s if nothing goes terribly wrong with the 300 mile vacuum tube with the 650 mph, multi-ton projectile hurtling through it.

Source: Comment at https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/07/05/2257236/hyperloop-one-says-it-can-connect-helsinki-to-stockholm-in-under-30-minutes?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot%2Fto+%28%28Title%29Slashdot+%28rdf%29%29