Solar-powered transport system would shoot passengers in capsule through low-pressure tube at up to about 1,280km/h SAN FRANCISCO — Billionaire US entrepreneur Elon Musk on Monday unveiled plans for a futuristic "Hyperloop" transportation system to whisk passengers between San Francisco and Los Angeles in less than half an hour.The highly anticipated announcement put to rest some of the questions surrounding the ambitious project, which the Tesla Motors founder and CEO has hinted at for months but declined to discuss in detail.Mr Musk said the Hyperloop would cost less than $6bn in total and could transport 7.4-million people each way each year.He said it would take seven to 10 years for the project to be completed.The solar-powered system, which Mr Musk had previously described as a cross between a Concorde, a rail gun and an air-hockey table, would shoot as many as 28 passengers in each enclosed capsule through a low-pressure steel tube at up to about 1,280km/h, according to the 5...
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