It should have been obvious from the start that Elon Musk’s Hyperloop was just a boy’s own fantasy and could never work.

Though some efforts continue, the once-promising technology has run up against significant challenges — most notably creating an entirely new transit infrastructure. By Eric A. Taub This article is ...

NEW YORK - Think about the future of transportation, and you might envision the old animated show "The Jetsons," with everyone flying around in personal spaceships. Not only did that never happen, but ...

It has been a transportation dream for more than 150 years: In the 1870s, a test system used a pneumatic vacuum tube to propel people under Manhattan from Warren Street to Murray Street. By the 2010s, ...

In 2012, Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Chief Executive Elon Musk published a proposal outlining a concept called the hyperloop, a futuristic transportation system to carry ...

Elon Musk is very much an ideas man. He regularly comes out with elaborate solutions to the world's problems. His musings have included robotaxis, nuking the Martians, and brain chips capable of ...

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Hyperloop One — a high-speed train startup endorsed by Elon Musk that nevertheless got sidetracked with project delays and bizarre sex-harassment claims against some of its executives and backers — ...

The company which, late last year, made the world’s first crewed Hyperloop journey is now proposing how its system will work in practice. Virgin Hyperloop has released a new concept video, explaining ...

Four years ago, Elon Musk told the world he didn't want to launch his own Hyperloop business. Now he may have changed his mind. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

Both The Boring Company and its founder Elon Musk have recently tweeted about plans for upcoming hyperloop work by the company. Musk claims this comes "from a known physics standpoint," however, as of ...