Five years ago, billionaire Elon Musk open-sourced his plan for a supersonic train-like thing. Today it's still a work in progress. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his ...

The man of many projects wants to speed his transport concept up to half-Mach then hit the brakes. The result should be one heck of a high-speed stress test. Eric Mack Contributing Editor Eric Mack ...

How feasible is a 700-mph hyperloop that would send riders in a near-vacuum tube from Laredo to Fort Worth in 48 minutes? Engineers think it’s pretty feasible. Hyperloop, which uses electric ...

Hyperloop is Happening: The Mad Science Behind Elon Musk’s Supersonic Tube Travel The Tesla and SpaceX founder proposed it — now two of his most trusted collaborators are trying to make it happen. THR ...

Hyperloop set a new public speed record this month, but with a figure just shy of 300 miles per hour, you could be forgiven for thinking the super-fast train is a bit of a slowcoach. The vacuum-sealed ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On Sunday, November 8, two people sat in a pod in a tube in Nevada ...

Supporters of building a Hyperloop in Missouri say it would be able to get from Kansas City to St. Louis in 30 minutes. It sounds like science fiction hype, but supporters believe ultrafast Hyperloop ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Over 600 miles or 1,000 kilometers per hour: That’s how fast ...

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Elon Musk first described his idea for a futuristic transportation system that would send passenger pods through tubes at speeds of hundreds of miles an hour back in 2013. At the time, the idea of ...

The company behind an experimental mode of travel announced a new speed milestone at its test track near North Las Vegas. Virgin Hyperloop One hit about 240 mph with a travel circuit that magnetically ...

Results from a feasibility study on a new form of high-speed transportation between Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh were released by the public-private partnership funding the project on Monday, Dec ...