The original hyperloop from 1868, made from plywood.

What purpose do vacuum-tube trains and other futuristic projects really serve?

There's still much to do before getting formal approval, the entrepreneur adds. Hyperloop has the goal of reaching speeds of more than 700 mph, using magnetic levitation in a vacuum environment.

What purpose do vacuum-tube trains and other futuristic projects really serve?

After over a year of incremental progress and underwhelming, low-speed tests, the hyperloop is finally starting to show us what it can do. On July 29th, Hyperloop One’s prototype pod accelerated...

That creepy wail you hear is the future.

Now the company will seek more funding.

I spoke to CEO Rob Lloyd about how Hyperloop One got to today’s 192 mph XP-1 pod speed record, and what happens now, both for further technical testing and from a business perspective. The next…

Regulations are killing America's boldest dreams.

Musk's Boring Company could accelerate progress for everyone building the transportation future.

Tesla head plans short and long distance tunnels including Hyperloop from New York to Washington, but it’s unclear whether plans have government approval

Humans have historically tended to travel about half an hour to work, regardless of how fast the travel.

Hyperloop didn't start with Elon Musk, but his whitepaper in 2014 certainly spurred our current interest. Now, he's back in the loop.

Humans have historically tended to travel about half an hour to work, regardless of how fast the mode of transportation.

A team of 30 students from Germany won the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition on Sunday, with their prototype pod reaching a speed of 324 kilometers per hour (201 miles per hour). The team, named W...

In 2015, the engineering community was challenged to invent prototype pods for the future of transportation – The Hyperloop. From the 1,200 teams that responded, just one, the rLoop team, was virtually crowdsourced becoming the only non-university team to…

Hyperloop One, a three-year-old, L.A.-based company working to create near-supersonic trains that can whisk both passengers and cargo in giant pneumatic tubes at speeds of many hundreds of miles…

Hyperloop One has received $85 million from investors as part of a new round of funding, bringing the total amount the company has raised to $245 million.

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