Hyperloop https://www.coolthings.com Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:08:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cropped-coolthings-favicon-512-32x32.png Hyperloop https://www.coolthings.com 32 32 Hyperloop: Elon Musk Details His Proposed High-Speed Mass Transit System https://www.coolthings.com/elon-musks-hyperloop-details/ Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:07:58 +0000 http://www.coolthings.com/?p=40741 Quintessential entrepreneur-slash-mad-scientist Elon Musk just detailed his concept for the high-speed mass transit system called Hyperloop that he’s been teasing us with for months.  And it genuinely sounds cool as heck, sending a whole lot of engineering nerds into a collective dance of joy.  Well, something like it, anyway. The basics: it’s a pod-based transport system that can get passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles (and vice versa) in around 30 minutes; Musk estimates it will cost around $6 […]

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