In the last few month , we ’ve seen three companies in the U.S.announce plansto build Hyperloop examination tracks , Elon Musk ’s proposal of marriage for rapid transportation system vacuum cleaner tube for people across big distances . Now , it seems Europe is getting in on the action too , with an coming rail planned to connect three cities .
The marriage offer arrive from JumpStartFund ’s Hyperloop Transportation Technologies ( HTT ) , who already have plan to build a test track in California . This late venture would see them touch base Bratislava , Slovakia , with Vienna , Austria and Budapest , Hungary . An arrangement has apparently been attain with the Slovakian government to push ahead with planning .
" Slovakia is a technological drawing card in the automotive , material science , and energy industriousness , many of the area that are integral to the Hyperloop system , " said Dirk Ahlborn , HTT CEO , in astatement . " have a European Hyperloop presence will incentivize collaboration and innovation within Slovakia and throughout Europe . With our project in Quay Valley , this arrangement with Slovakia , and future developments with other region of the globe , HTT in truth has become a global campaign . "
This European track would allow passengers to move around from Vienna to Bratislava , 56 kilometers ( 35 geographical mile ) in a straightforward line , in just eight minutes . The Bratislava to Budapest link , 160 kilometers ( 100 land mile ) in duration , would take just 10 minute . A route between Bratislava and Košice , in eastern Slovakia , is also being considered . This would be a aloofness of 400 kilometers ( 250 naut mi ) , taking just 25 minutes compared to a typical 4.5 - 60 minutes car drive .
“ Hyperloop in Europe would prune distance substantially and internet cities in unprecedented ways , ” said Vazil Hudak , Minister of Economy of the Slovak Republic , in the statement . “ A deportation system of this kind would redefine the conception of commuting and further cross‐border cooperation in Europe . ”
Hyperloop , for now , is very much in its examination phase angle . No track has actually been built , and designs are still being worked on forhow the cod will work . But it ’s exciting to see new developments in what Musk once described as the hereafter ’s “ fifth mode of transport . ”
