Hyperloop to build test track in China for high-speed system
The firm is one of several to take Elon Musk’s idea for a new type of transport system propelling capsules through vacuum-sealed tunnels and attempt to make it a reality
Beijing — Hyperloop Transportation Technologies said on Thursday it would team up with a southwestern Chinese city to build a new 10km test track for its high speed hyperloop transportation system. California-based HyperloopTT is one of several ventures to take Elon Musk’s idea for a new type of transport system propelling capsules through vacuum-sealed tunnels and attempt to make it a reality. It has struck similar agreements with several other countries, with construction of its first capsules — intended to magnetically levitate in low friction tubes — under way at its innovation centre in France. The remote city of Tongren in China’s impoverished Guizhou province will host the latest demonstration project, according to the plans. "China leads the world in the amount of high-speed rail constructed by far, and now they are looking for a more efficient high speed solution in hyperloop," HyperloopTT chairman Bibop Gresta said in a media release. "We have spent the past few years find...
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