SAN FRANCISCO – In a white-board world, hyperloop sounds ideal. Take a sleek pod, place it in a vacuum-sealed tube and let it float frictionless above its rails using tested magnetic levitation, or ...

A newly formed council by the U.S. Department of Transportation could be the jolt needed to make experimental modes of travel a reality. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced Tuesday ...

On Wednesday, AEI cohosted an event with the Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership (HARP) to discuss the role of hyperloop in the future of transportation. The event commenced with remarks from Pete ...

China set a new maglev speed record after a 1.1-ton vehicle hit 435 mph in just two seconds on a short test track.

Almost five years ago, Elon Musk suggested that passenger pods could zip through a vacuum tube at breakneck speeds. People — some high-profile investors, dozens of universities, and pretty much ...

Hyperloop Transportation Technology’s full-scale tubes are transported to French test site Another entrant in the Hyperloop industry is Transpod, founded in 2015, based in Toronto with satellite ...

Elon Musk said The Boring Co will attempt to build a functional Hyperloop in the "coming years." The billionaire first revealed his vision for the futuristic transportation system in 2013. The company ...

International hyperloop company Swisspod Technologies has broken records since company leaders announced its expansion into Colorado Springs at the 40th Space Symposium event in April. The company, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An author, speaker, and executive, I explore the world's industries. When Elon Musk threw down the gauntlet with his 2013 white ...

It has been almost a decade since Elon Musk floated the idea of hyperloop, a new mode of transportation that promises to move people and goods at the speed of airplanes while staying on the ground.