In 2013 Elon Musk unveiled Hyperloop, a futuristic transport system promising speeds of up to 1,200 kmh inside vacuum tubes. This video explores what happened to the companies trying to build it, the ...

Virgin Hyperloop came to be in June of 2014, promising to revolutionize transit with its concept of pressurized, high-speed pod travel. Now, over $400 million dollars in funding later, the company has ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Hyperloop One is celebrating a big milestone as they race to make their fast tube-based travel a reality. The company announced Wednesday it has successfully completed the ...

Elon Musk is very much an ideas man. He regularly comes out with elaborate solutions to the world's problems. His musings have included robotaxis, nuking the Martians, and brain chips capable of ...

The tech startup’s ambitions suffered from internal strife, regulatory hurdles and more. Bloomberg reporter Sarah McBride covered the twists and turns on its route to failure. While Marketplace’s Lily ...

Zoli suggested that, given the hyperloop’s 88-in.-dia passenger pipe, any necessary tunneling could be done with horizontal directional drilling (HDD), “an inexpensive pipe installation technique.” ...

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 ...

Hyperloop, dubbed as the "fifth mode of transportation" and first proposed by Elon Musk himself, will reportedly be operational in Italy as early as 2029, according to Hyperloop Italia founder Bibop ...

Built For Speed: Virgin Hyperloop One’s first-generation XP-1 pod recently hit a test speed of 192 mph. Hyperloop Technologies Inc., doing business as Virgin Hyperloop One, raised $172.2 million of a ...