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    Musk says Hyperloop test track coming “soon,” Texas leading candidate

    The track would welcome universities and research institutions to study it.

    AUSTIN, TEXAS—Speaking to a packed ballroom this afternoon at the Austin Hilton, Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined Tesla Motors’ plans to reintroduce legislation during the 2015 Texas legislative session to allow the electric car manufacturer to sell direct to consumers. Musk’s trademark off-the-cuff style seemed to sit well with the audience, which applauded several times when Musk talked about how he believes allowing consumers to buy direct from Tesla was the right thing to do.

    The session was topical but ultimately a reiteration of things Musk has discussed before—Texas’ biennial legislative session means that Musk was restating a lot of the things he’d said about Texas throughout 2014. However, the almost Steve Jobs-ian “one more thing” announcement that Musk chose to tack onto the end of the keynote seemed to garner the most attention: Musk plans to build a Hyperloop test track, approximately five miles long, and he plans to do it “soon.”

    Musk originally put forward the idea of the Hyperloop in 2013, presenting a 56-page document that showed aluminum pods being shuttled between San Francisco and Los Angeles at 760 mph, through low-pressure tubes with magnets that are fed an electric current. The Hyperloop would be solar powered as well, Musk specified, and cost only $6 billion to build (which is a theoretical pittance compared to the projected cost of California's plodding High Speed Rail project). Still, after announcing the idea, Musk told reporters in 2013 that he had no time to execute the plan and would be open-sourcing it so other researchers might take it up.

    Appropriate to the venue, Musk also said that Texas was “the leading candidate” for the location of the test track. The plan with the track, at least for now, would be to fund it privately, entirely with money from Musk’s ventures (though which corporate entity would provide the funding wasn’t fully explained). Once constructed, the test track would be both a proving ground for the Hyperloop technology and also an open facility where universities and other research institutions could experiment with and iterate on the Hyperloop prototype technology.

    Coming on the heels of a somewhat strained admission earlier in the keynote that Musk wouldn’t have chosen Texas for his SpaceX launch facility if not for the tax benefits provided by the state, the idea of Texas being the leading location candidate for the facility is a bit surprising, especially considering the state’s infamously hostile attitude toward Tesla Motors’ direct car sales. However, assuming Musk is successful in the 2015 legislature, Texas’ feelings toward Tesla might be about to change—especially with a new Hyperloop facility potentially on the way.
    Dr. Mordrid
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    • #32
      More than 120 university teams, 20 countries to compete in SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend

      Press Release From: SpaceX
      Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015

      At least 124 student engineering teams representing 27 U.S. states and 20 countries will be traveling to Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, to take part in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend. During the Jan. 29-30 competition, more than 1,000 students representing over 100 universities and three high schools will present their Hyperloop Pod design concepts to panels of judges.

      The Design Weekend teams were selected by SpaceX from hundreds of entries to present their concepts to a panel of SpaceX, Tesla and university judges for a chance to build and test their design prototype at the world’s first Hyperloop Test Track being built by SpaceX adjacent to its headquarters in Hawthorne, California. This final phase of the Hyperloop competition will be held in the summer of 2016.

      U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx will discuss the future of transportation during a private event for the student teams held during Design Weekend.

      In conjunction with the Hyperloop competition, Texas A&M will also host a Future Transport and Tech Fair where the Hall of Champions at Kyle Field will be transformed into a hub of innovation for futuristic transportation. In addition to exhibit booths showcasing the design concepts of the Hyperloop Pod teams, there will also be several hands-on experiential displays, new technology and other exhibits.

      Judging begins at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29 at the Memorial Student Center and continues Saturday at 8 a.m. The public is invited to view the Hyperloop design submissions during the Future Transportation and Tech Fair from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Hall of Champions.

      The results of the competition, including which teams will be selected to compete on the actual test track, will be announced at 4:15 p.m. Saturday.

      The Hyperloop, a high-speed ground transport concept was first proposed by SpaceX and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk in 2013. With the Hyperloop, passengers could travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in under 30 minutes, radically transforming the speed and safety of passenger mass transit. Design Weekend which SpaceX announced in June, is a preliminary competition for students designed to encourage innovation and challenge them to design and build the best Hyperloop transport Pod.

      For more information about the event, please visit http://engineering.tamu.edu/hyperloop and www.spacex.com/hyperloop.

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      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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      • #33
        Elon Musk ✔ @elonmusk
        Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.

        Elon Musk ✔ @elonmusk
        City center to city center in each case, with up to a dozen or more entry/exit elevators in each city
        11:11 AM - 20 Jul 2017

        Elon Musk ✔ @elonmusk
        Still a lot of work needed to receive formal approval, but am optimistic that will occur rapidly
        12:45 PM - 20 Jul 2017

        Elon Musk ✔ @elonmusk
        If you want this to happen fast, please let your local & federal elected representatives know. Makes a big difference if they hear from you.
        4:40 PM - 20 Jul 2017

        Erik @ejohnson99
        Replying to @elonmusk
        I live in Chicago though. How can i help?

        Elon Musk ✔ @elonmusk
        City of Chicago already approached us about doing a high speed tunnel from O'Hare to downtown. They've been great.
        4:44 PM - 20 Jul 2017
        Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 20 July 2017, 14:36.
        Dr. Mordrid
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        An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

        I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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        • #34
          Hyperloop may fast, but its name will always pale next to Trainy McTrainface.
          “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
          –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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