Five years ago, billionaire Elon Musk open-sourced his plan for a supersonic train-like thing. Today it's still a work in progress. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his ...

Elon Musk's tube transport concept unveiled a year ago remains just that: a concept. It also proves that even when the Internet falls in love, radical ideas rarely exit the realm of fiction. Nick ...

Hyperloop set a new public speed record this month, but with a figure just shy of 300 miles per hour, you could be forgiven for thinking the super-fast train is a bit of a slowcoach. The vacuum-sealed ...

Hyperloop is Happening: The Mad Science Behind Elon Musk’s Supersonic Tube Travel The Tesla and SpaceX founder proposed it — now two of his most trusted collaborators are trying to make it happen. THR ...

How feasible is a 700-mph hyperloop that would send riders in a near-vacuum tube from Laredo to Fort Worth in 48 minutes? Engineers think it’s pretty feasible. Hyperloop, which uses electric ...

Supporters of building a Hyperloop in Missouri say it would be able to get from Kansas City to St. Louis in 30 minutes. It sounds like science fiction hype, but supporters believe ultrafast Hyperloop ...

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Elon Musk first described his idea for a futuristic transportation system that would send passenger pods through tubes at speeds of hundreds of miles an hour back in 2013. At the time, the idea of ...

The company behind an experimental mode of travel announced a new speed milestone at its test track near North Las Vegas. Virgin Hyperloop One hit about 240 mph with a travel circuit that magnetically ...

The futuristic method of moving people and goods, first outlined in a 2013 white paper, is designed to hit potential maximum speeds of over 700 mph. That could make it faster than a jet engine, ...

Results from a feasibility study on a new form of high-speed transportation between Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsburgh were released by the public-private partnership funding the project on Monday, Dec ...

If you've ever wondered what the inside of a hyperloop capsule might look like, you're in luck. Newly released photos of the interior of a full-scale capsule mock-up that went on public display in ...