{"id":11416,"date":"2015-09-21T18:37:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T22:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11416"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:57:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:57:43","slug":"sci-tech-hyperloop-development-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11416","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Hyperloop development update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of activity on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyperloop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyperloop<\/a> development front:<\/p>\n<p>* SpaceX is sponsoring a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/hyperloop\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyperloop Pod Competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"http:\/\/hyperlooptransp.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT)<\/a>\u00a0is building a prototype system in Quay Valley, California:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/2\/26\/8112363\/hyperloop-launch-quay-valley-california-2016\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">The first full-scale Hyperloop test track may launch in California next year &#8211;\u00a0The Verge<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[]<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperlooptech.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyperloop Technologies<\/a>\u00a0just hired former Cisco President Rob Lloyd as a new CEO:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2015\/09\/16\/technology\/hyperloop-technologies-new-ceo\/index.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyperloop Technologies taps a new CEO &#8211; Sep. 16, 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd talks about the company here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperlooptech.com\/blog\/hello-hyperloop\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello Hyperloop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company is also building a full sized test track:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/9\/16\/9333235\/hyperloop-technologies-test-track-2016-rob-lloyd\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyperloop Technologies has a CEO \u2014 and plans to open its test track next year &#8211; The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a report on the project:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pushing-the-limits-hyperloop-technologies-high-speed-ground-transportation\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Pushing the Limits: Hyperloop Technologies &#8211; CBS News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1dXIiqyGa5M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of activity on the Hyperloop development front: * SpaceX is sponsoring a\u00a0Hyperloop Pod Competition. * Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT)\u00a0is building a prototype system in Quay Valley, California:\u00a0The first full-scale Hyperloop test track may launch in California next year &#8211;\u00a0The Verge [] *\u00a0Hyperloop Technologies\u00a0just hired former Cisco President Rob Lloyd as a new CEO:\u00a0Hyperloop Technologies &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11416\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Hyperloop development update<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Y8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10605,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10605","url_meta":{"origin":11416,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Latest view of the Tesla Gigafactory + Hyperloop test track project","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a recent drone view of Tesla Motors' giant\u00a0Gigafactory battery plant\u00a0under\u00a0construction in Nevada. 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