It should have been obvious from the start that Elon Musk’s Hyperloop was just a boy’s own fantasy and could never work.

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 ...

Imagine traveling from New York to Los Angeles in less than an hour or from London to Paris in 15 minutes. Sounds impossible, right? Well, not for China’s biggest missile manufacturer, which claims to ...

For those unfamiliar, a hyperloop is a currently experimental form of public transportation originally conceptualized by Elon Musk, in which a passenger capsule is sealed into a borderline ...

A number of different providers have tried and failed to develop hyperloop technology over the years. The futuristic concept – made popular by Elon Musk – is a train-like transport system where ...

The recent signing of the H.R 3684 (the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), by U.S. President Joe Biden, is seen by many as a historic event that will shape the future of transportation. The bill ...

CASC designs, develops, and manufactures everything from spacecraft to missiles, but it’s currently working on a hyperloop. The company has built a section of low-vacuum tube that is roughly 1.2 miles ...

You leave your office in Denver, arrive at Union Station, and hop aboard a podlike car. Once you’ve settled in, the capsule whooshes into a dark tube. A mere hour and a half later, you pop out in San ...

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