Hyperloop, the ultra-fast tube transport
dreamed up by SpaceX founder and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, could be ready for passengers in as few as 10 years.
In a
76-page report
released on Dropbox on Thursday, a new startup called Hyperloop
Transportation Technologies laid out plans for building Musk's
futuristic transportation system, which could cut travel time between
Los Angeles and San Francisco down to 35 minutes. The trip takes up to
12 hours by Amtrak train, and more than six hours by car.
The
system would carry passengers in pods moving as fast as 1287.5 km (800 miles) per
hour, according to the white paper. The plan laid out by Musk -- who has
no involvement in the project, and did not help with the paper -- has
broadened beyond the two California metropoles. Hyperloop Transportation
has drawn up maps with lines connecting every major U.S. city.
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