"Hyperloop India"
Hyperloop is a technology that was proposed by inventor and businessman Elon Musk, Who is behind the electric car company TESLA and commercial space transport company SpaceX.
What is a Hyperloop?
Hyperloop is a proposed mode of passengers and freight transportation that would propel a pod-like vehicle through a near-vacuum tube at more than airline speed.The alpha version of the proposal, published on the SpaceX website, describes claims of the design of the system, as well as its function. The pods would accelerate to cruising speed gradually using a linear electric motor and glide above their track using passive magnetic levitation or air bearings. The tubes could also go above ground on columns or underground, eliminating the dangers of grade crossings. It is hoped that the system will be highly energy-efficient, quiet and autonomous. Air is pumped out of the tubes to maintain a low-pressure, near-vacuum environment, making it possible to move, theoretically, at close to the speed of sound.
It was designed by California company Hyperloop One, who has unveiled ambitious plans to transport people or cargo between cities at near-supersonic speed.
The above 500 meter-long Hyperloop test structure, which has a diameter of 3.3 meters, was tested around Las Vegas area.
Hyperloop One announced in November 2016 an agreement with Dubai to evaluate the construction a 500mph train they hope will be capable of travelling to the neighbouring UAE city of Abu Dhabi in just 12 minutes.
“While technology is revolutionizing many facets of our lives, we have not seen a radical change in transportation since the Wright brothers introduced air travel over 100 years ago,” explained Rob Lloyd, CEO of Hyperloop One.
So What now?
Hyperloop conducted a global challenge.
In the Hyperloop One Global Challenge, the company had invited people to submit viable transport plans for their respective countries. According to the company it received 2,600 registrants from 90 countries, from which it selected 35 semi-finalists across all continents. India sent in the highest number of registrants.
The five semi-finalists from India and their proposed routes are:
AECOM - Bengaluru-to-Chennai: 334 km in 20 minutes. Meeting the demand of a passenger and freight super-corridor growing at 15% a year.
LUX Hyperloop Network - Bengaluru-to-Thiruvananthapuram: 736 km in 41 minutes. Connects two major ports in southern India with population centres of Coimbatore and Kochi.
Dinclix GroundWorks - Delhi-to-Mumbai via Jaipur and Indore: 1,317 km in 55 minutes. Freight and passengers. Connects two megacities and creates seaport access for landlocked intermediary cities in the interior.
Hyperloop India - Mumbai-to-Chennai via Bengaluru: 1,102 km. 50 minutes. Phased development for freight and passengers. Boosts capacity at ports of Mumbai and Chennai, creates a Suez Canal-like link between India’s coasts.
Infi-Alpha - Bengaluru to Chennai: 334 km in 20 minutes. Meeting the demand of a passenger and freight super-corridor growing at 15% a year. Connects with major airports.
The company had hosted a Hyperloop One Vision For India summit in New Delhi on February 28 which was attended by Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu and NITI Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant. According to a report, Hyperloop One CEO Rob Lloyd said the company is in early talks with the Indian government on the how to make some of these proposals come true, including sourcing materials locally.
So, ultimately we conclude that days of actually travelling at speed of sound are near.
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