Hyperloop Technologies to start testing in Vegas Q1 2016

While this is a short-term endeavor, it is a critical step in the company’s development of a truly unique mode of transportation, and I am proud of the work that has been done by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, the City of North Las Vegas, Clark County, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, and Hyperloop Tech to reach this point today. It is a vacuum tube transportation system some believe could whisk passengers along great distances at speeds far faster than airliners or bullet trains.

Musk did not instantly reply to messages left with Tesla Motors officers.

Since then, Hyperloop Technologies and its rival company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies – both of which are not associated with Musk in any way – have been vying to bring the dream to fruition. The test track is about half a mile long, which is built on a few hundred meters of stater coils and a power generation trailers. The construction materials for what it calls the Propulsion Open Air Test will start rolling in this month, with operations to begin in January.

Musk isn’t directly involved in the Hyperloop Technologies program, project spokeswoman Meredith Kendall said Tuesday.

And, prior to that, Musk announced that he was planning to build a track of his own in Texas for companies and student teams to test out their transport pods.

He is backing an engineering competitors aimed toward creating a hyperloop prototype. The company is preparing to have this site fully operational in late 2016 / early 2017, as part of its goal to deliver a commercially viable, fully operational Hyperloop system by 2020. “We welcome Hyperloop Tech as one of the innovative job creators who will transform the landscape of Apex and diversify our economy”.

Lee and Nevada officers additionally hope to appeal to electrical automotive firm Faraday Future, which is predicted to announce quickly whether or not it should put a $ 1 billion manufacturing unit and an estimated 4,500 jobs in California, Georgia, Louisiana or Nevada.

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