over review of Hyperloop
Hyperloop:
As a college student musk asked
himself what three technology were going to change the world the most in his
lifetime and then as people are only a few years away from being able to
realistically have one of his cars drive them around while they use PayPal to
buy something with help from internet from
his satellites it is safe to say he hit his goal this does not means he is
ready to stop working thought as he has addition plan that ensure the future
will be the best possible version of itself it can be.
An over review of Hyperloop:
In 2013 musk went to a presentation
about the state of California proposition for rail system that would travel at
high speeds between Los Angeles and San Francisco he didn’t think the system
that many engineers had spent years developing was actually all that fast and
so he decided to come up with something better .To do so he got all of the
engineer from his electric car company and all of his rocket scientist together
and worked with them to develop plan for what they are now calling the
HYPERLOOP .The Hyperloop is a way of travelling long distance at speeds of 700-
miles per hours inside capsules that travel on cushions of air.
The finalized design of the Hperloop
as well as ancillary devices took roughly a year to create and once it was
finished musk released the everyone to use he then announced a competition ,
sponsored by SPACE X, to design the best pod for use in the HYPERLOOP system
this competition is currently underway and pits team from around the world
against one another testing their real world design on a massive test track
that Tesla has created for just this purpose the winner will receive
opportunities to further enhance their design via Space X and will be chosen
based on the practical application of
their design in late 2016.
Hyperloop companies:
When introducing the idea for the
Hyperloop musk made the proposed plans
open source and encouraged other to get involved so far there have been several
companies formed to works on the project though only one has begun actually construction
the transport mechanism this company is the Los Angeles based Hyperloop one.
Hyperloop one now has its own
official website www.hyperloop-one.com on this website they describe the Hyperloop as
follow Hyperloop is a new way to move people and things at airline speeds for
the price of a bus ticket. Its on-demand,
energy -efficient and safe. Think board-brand for transportation.
This certainly paints an exciting
images of what the future of transportation will hold.
Hyperloop one was formed in 2014 and
has up to this point time raised $160- million in investment capital it boasts
a team of 200 engineers and technician all working together to bring transport
system to market.
Hyperloop one first tested its motor
in may 2016 and has plan to test the full system in early 2017 they are with
the goal of being able to transport cargo by 2020 and passengers by 2021.
Though this is not Elon Musk company
they can thanks him for the project idea and initial plan this is just another
example of how musk is not purely profit – driven and instead has larger plan
and goal for humanity as a whole.
How it will work :
In theory the Hyperloop will work by
sending pods through a continuous steel tube maintained in a partial vacuum
this vacuum will have a level of air pressure that will force the pos to float
on a 0.5- 1.33 layer of air so it never touches the steel tube itself.
This design will allow the pod to fly
along the tube at incredible speeds without ever having any danger of crashing
in to tubing.
Each company has different proposed
technology for how the Hyperloop should function but Hyperloop ones approach is
to use mangle which harnesses the use of magnets to keep the pod in place this
will produce a similar effects to the way a puck floats an air hockey table.
In the concepts plans the passenger
only pods are 7-feet 4- inches in diameter and are projected to have a top
speed of 760 miles per hour it proposes an initial acceleration and
deceleration speed that would be 2- 3 time that experienced on commercial
airliner during takeoff or landing.
Where will it be?
The suggested first route proposed by
Elon Musk was to have the Hyperloop running from the greater Los Angeles area
to the San Francisco bay area.
The most actively panned route
currently however are outside of the US the most likely location for the first
international Hyperloop will be a route from Helsinki to Stockholm which would
travel under the dead sea the trip is
estimated to only take a total of 30-minutes.
Hyperloop one is also exploring the
possibility of creating a cargo –only route in Dubai and is working on
passengers route in multiple location in Russia and chain in addition to that
they have proposed a potential Hyperloop running from Melbourne to Sydney in
Australia usually this trip would take approximately 9-hours of driving but
Hyperloop one estimate that they could cut that travel time down to around 55-minutes.
Other companies have proposed
European route such as from Paris to Amsterdam and a route travelling across
Poland these companies however have not yet begum work on developing these.
Cost & time-frame:
It is still unknown exactly how much
the production will cost though Hyperloop one has estimated that the route
between Helsinki and Stockholm would come in at 19 – billion Euros to developed
which is currently around $20_billion USD.
The first cargo only Hyperloop is
expected to be used in 2020 though the location is unknown for passenger it
will be 2021 however as with most new technology and as Tesla Motors has experienced
the frame for developing often takes longer than anticipated.
Within the next decade however it is
safe to say that there will be multiple Hyperloop in use through out the
world currently though not much else is known about how much they will cost to
use their final design feature or just how safe they will be .
Also according to both Elon Musk and Hyperloop One We can be sure that
the Hyperloop will be run using totally sustainable energy.
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