SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Civic and business leaders in Cupertino are trying to a high-tech solution to traffic congestion. Several ideas are being discussed, including magnetic levitation vehicles, ...

Transportation is on the edge of its most dramatic transformation since the invention of the automobile. Two technologies - - have moved out of science fiction and into engineering labs, regulatory ...

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 ...

The Hyperloop, a high-speed transportation concept born from the vision of entrepreneur Elon Musk, is gradually evolving from science fiction to reality. With several companies fiercely competing, the ...

The Hyperloop — the high-speed transportation concept Elon Musk has promoted heavily — is edging closer to becoming a reality. Russia plans to develop a Hyperloop network for freight transportation, ...

A full-scale Virgin Hyperloop cargo pod and a cutaway passenger pod as part of Dubai’s DP World’s FLOW pavilion at Expo 2020. Credit: Virgin Hyperloop via REUTERS The fundamental problem is the lack ...

The tech startup’s ambitions suffered from internal strife, regulatory hurdles and more. Bloomberg reporter Sarah McBride covered the twists and turns on its route to failure. While Marketplace’s Lily ...

ROCHESTER — While critics describe a proposed hyperloop link between Rochester and Twin Cities as a pipe dream, the project manager sees it as an opportunity for Minnesota to take the lead in a new ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — While critics describe a proposed 85-mile hyperloop link between Rochester and Twin Cities as a pipe dream, the project manager sees it as an opportunity for Minnesota to take the ...

While researchers have encountered major headwinds in turning the Hyperloop into a reality, the European Hyperloop Center is still hoping to open the first functional tube by the end of the decade.

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