Hyperloop's first test in a vacuum tube only reached 70mph, but the company is hailing it as a breakthrough moment for the future of mass transportation. The private test was carried out on May 12 at ...

Earlier this week, everyone was banging on about Virgin Hyperloop, the train in a tube that’ll supposedly be able to hit speeds of 1,000 kph (620 mph) when it’s finished. More specifically, everyone ...

For Hyperloop, a newly formed company staffed with proven brainpower from Silicon Valley and political superstars from Washington, D.C., the ultimate goal is as simple as it is mind-bending: to safely ...

First proposed by Elon Musk, the theoretical transportation system we call hyperloop would propel people- or cargo-filled pods over long distances through steel tubes. Magnetic levitation and big ...