{"id":81559,"date":"2015-03-02T11:33:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T09:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=81559"},"modified":"2015-05-20T08:47:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T06:47:16","slug":"elon-musks-hyperloop-is-being-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/81559\/elon-musks-hyperloop-is-being-built\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is being built"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s vision of the futuristic Hyperloop transportation system is moving into real-world testing.<\/p>\n

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a research company established by a network of engineers and scientists to explore Musk’s idea, will be constructing a full-scale version of the project in 2016.<\/p>\n

An 8km test track will be constructed between LA and San Francisco, the company said, while it will be investigating a possible public offering to raise $100 million in funding for further development of the system, according to Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Musk first released alpha designs and documentation relating to his vision of the futuristic transport system in August 2013.<\/p>\n

At the time, the SA-born businessman said he simply did not have time to pursue the project himself, and called upon entrepreneurs to take the idea and run with it.<\/p>\n

He envisioned that the Hyperloop would be able move people from San Francisco to Los Angeles (about 600km) in a half hour.<\/p>\n

This would mean transporting passengers at over 1,200km per hour.<\/p>\n

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To avoid issues related to high-speed travel (such as friction and air resistance) Musk\u2019s idea is loosely based on pneumatic tubes, where cylindrical containers are propelled through a network of tubes by compressed air or by partial vacuum, and commonly used by banks to transport money.<\/p>\n

In his alpha-plan, Musk described the system as\u00a0a cross between a Concorde, rail gun and air-hockey table.<\/p>\n

According to Musk, the system would cost an estimated $6 billion to build and construction would take 7 to 10 years.<\/p>\n

You can find and download the Hyperloop alpha design here (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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