Gallery: These Dreamers Are Actually Making Progress Building Elon's Hyperloop
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A lot of the work is being done by 25 students in UCLA’s SUPRASTUDIO design and architecture program, which is partnered with JumpStartFund.
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The team uses a two-capsule system. There’s the swanky one, with fancy doors and windows, that pulls into the station. Passengers get in, and that capsule enters an outer shell as it’s loaded into the tube.
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The UCLA students build a mock-up of what the Hyperloop capsules would look like.
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When a capsule reaches a station, the "bubble" capsule slides out sideways and onto the platform, and the passengers unload. Then the capsule is moved to the opposite tube and ready to get going again.
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So far, the team has made progress in three main areas: the capsules, the stations, and the route.
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Los Angeles to Las Vegas is being considered as an early route. “We would love to see LA to San Francisco,” CEO Dirk Ahlborh says, “but our primary goal is to build the Hyperloop.”
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Musk’s proposed Hyperloop route running from San Francisco to Los Angeles came under a lot of criticism. Ahlborn has the answer: Pick a different route. Paris, anyone?
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The team envisions Hyperloop routes all over the world.
