A Viable Option for the Future of Transportation What is it Elevated system of transportation through a tube between cities Idea proposed by Elon Musk founder of Tesla and SpaceX Simulations and modelbuilding in progress ID: 348385
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Hyperloop
A Viable Option for the Future of TransportationSlide2Slide3
What is it?
Elevated system of transportation through a tube between
cities
Idea proposed by
Elon
Musk, founder of Tesla and
SpaceX
Simulations and model-building in progress
Hyperloop videoSlide4
Would provide transportation from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 35 minutes
Route along I-5Slide5
Technology
Pods float on cushion of air through low-pressure tube
Magnetic linear accelerators to accelerate pods
Solar power to propel pods
Simulation technology shows feasibility (
Ansys
software)Slide6
Cost
Estimated cost of the
Hyperloop
vs. the California rail project
Estimated
Cost
Average Speed
Cost of One-way Ticket (LA
to SF)
Type
of Cargo
Hyperloop
$6-$7.5 billion
598 mph
$20
Passengers and vehicles
California rail
project
$68.4 billion
164 mph
$105
PassengersSlide7
Future plans
Marco Villa and Patricia Galloway guide the progress of the project
Marco Villa- former director of mission operations at
SpaceX
Patricia Galloway- former president of the American Society of Civil Engineers
JumpStartFund
plans to help finance the
Hyperloop
through crowdsourcing
hyperloop discussion boardSlide8
Benefits and Implications
Drastically reduced commuting time
Transition from living in major cities to suburbs
Increased speed of business transactions
Reduced need for telecommutingSlide9
Benefits and Implications
Green technologies involved in
Hyperloop
powering
Less cars on the road
Less air pollution
Reduced emissions
of
greenhouse gasesSlide10
Questions?Slide11
References
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Elong
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Bredenberg
, Al. “Is the
Hyperloop
the Greenest Track for Rapid Transit?”
ThomasNet
News
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9
October 2013. Web.
http://news.thomasnet.com/green_clean/2013/09/03/is-the-hyperloop-the-greenest-track-for-rapid-transit/
.
Knowles, David. “Top U.S. engineers join
crowdfunding
effort to help turn
Elon
Musk’s ‘
Hyperloop
’ from dream into reality.”
New York Daily News
. 9 October 2013.
Web.
http
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top
engineers
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.
Moseman
, Andrew. “Can Crowdsourcing Really Build the
Hyperloop
?”
Popular
Mechanics
.Hearst
Communication. 9 October 2013.
Web.
http
://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/infrastructure/
can
crowdsourcing
-really-build-the-hyperloop-15993995.
Poeter
, Damon. “
Hyperloop
Transporation
Technologies Wants to Crowd-Source the Future.
”
PCmag.com
. 31 October 2013. Web.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2426594,00.asp
.
Pritchard, Justin. “’
Hyperloop
’ Travel Idea Gains Fans If Not Backers.”
Time.com
.
18
September 2013. Web.
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fans
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.
“What is Crowdsourcing?”
Daily
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Web.
http
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.