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Elon Musk Reveals Hyperloop Transport System Concept Design
A quick introduction about Elon Musk to those who might not know him. Musk is a American billionaire and a seasoned entrepreneur who is well known as the co-founder of PayPal, the man behind SpaceX, the space transport startup and Tesla, the very successful electric car manufacturing company.
Hyperloop,
a
hyperfast
public
transport
system,
is
his
baby.
This
futuristic
public
transport
system
has
been
envisioned
by
Musk
as
an
addition
to
existing
forms
of
transport,
namely
planes,
trains,
cars
and
boats.
After
first
revealing
his
Hyperloop
concept
a
couple
of
months
back,
Musk
has
now
revealed
detailed
designs
and
plans
about
his
fifth
mode
of
transport.
Musk first proposed Hyperloop as an alternate to the high speed rail which will come up to connect the extremely busy route between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Musk says Hyperloop will cost only $6 billion, as against the $68 billion which the high speed rail system is expected to cost.
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Hyperloop Alpha design revealed by Elon Musk via a tweet.
Distance
between
San
Francisco
and
Los
Angeles
is
613.9
km.
Travel
time
by
air:
1h
15
min
By
road:
5h
30min
By
the
approved
high
speed
rail:
2h
40min
Hyperloop:
30
min
(claimed)
Musk believes, if a new transportation system is being set up it should not look back, but think forward. Such a system should be "Safer, Faster, Lower cost, More convenient, Immune to weather, Sustainably self-powering, Resistant to Earthquakes, [and should] Not [be] disruptive to those along the route"
The basic idea is the enclose passengers (28 at a time) in capsules, riding on a cushion of air and magnetically propel them through a low pressure steel tube at nearly 1300 km/h. The tube would be "mounted on columns 50 to 100 yards apart."
Each pod would be 5 miles apart, which would allow 70 pods to travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each separated by a 30 second gap. Hyperloop is also expected to be solar powered.
Musk says, Hyperloop could transport 7.4 million people in a year and the project would take approximately 7 to 10 years to complete. However, Hyperloop is not at the top of Musk's priority list. He says he might get the project started, but it would have to be carried forward by others. The designs and ideas have thus been made public by Musk.
What's more, you can even send your own ideas to help improve the Hyperloop concept. Here are the contact details if you are interested.
[email protected] or [email protected].