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Hyperloop hits record speeds at SpaceX's 2019 Pod competition

New Atlas - Mon 22 Jul 19

Now in its fourth instalment, SpaceX's Hyperloop Pod competition continues to bring out the very best in student engineering teams from all around the world, with the 2019 edition again ...

Hyperloop track to be built in Saudi Arabia

BBC Technology - Wed 24 Jul 19

New moves to make hyperloop technology a reality in the Middle East.

Hyperloop hits a new top speed: Prototype pod reaches 288 mph in Elon Musk's competition

Daily Mail - Mon 22 Jul 19

The record was set as a part of a competition hosted by SpaceX, Musk's private aerospace company, and marks the fourth consecutive occasion that the team has won.

Elon Musk plans trickier Hyperloop test tunnel after record broken - CNET

CNET Cutting Edge - Mon 22 Jul 19

He says next year's event will have a longer tunnel with a curve.

Musk promises '10km Hyperloop tunnel' in 2020

BBC Technology - Mon 22 Jul 19

The Hyperloop project aims to transport people inside high-speed pods along underground tunnels.

Elon Musk promises longer, curved tunnel for future Hyperloop contests

Engadget - Mon 22 Jul 19

In a departure from previous years, next year's Hyperloop competition will be held in a six mile curved vacuum tunnel. Previously, the competition was held in a straight ¾ ...

Elon Musk promises new Hyperloop tunnel after speed record broken

The Verge - Mon 22 Jul 19

The record was achieved by TUM Hyperloop’s fourth-generation pod. | Image: Photo: A. Heddergott / TUM Hyperloop TUM Hyperloop has set a new speed record of 463 km/h (288 mph) ...

Elon Musk says next Hyperloop competition will be in a six-mile, curved tunnel

TechCrunch - Mon 22 Jul 19

Elon Musk planning to change up the Hyperloop student engineering competition that his company SpaceX has run for the past four years. Next year’s competition will be done in a tunnel ...

Team TUM wins SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition with record 288 mph top speed

TechCrunch - Sun 21 Jul 19

SpaceX hosted its fourth annual SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition finals on Sunday at the test tube it built outside its Hawthorne HQ. We were on site for the competition, and watched as Team ...

IIT-Madras team wins an admirer in Elon Musk

The Hindu - Wed 24 Jul 19

Avishkar Hyperloop from IIT-Madras met the SpaceX founder at this year’s hyperloop pod competition