Coming from one place to place is always a problem, and problems tend to inspire innovation. Cars, trains, planes, and even humble ships exist because someone needs a better way to get another place. So what happens in the future? Right on the horizon is a hyperloop, which can be a revolution in land-based transportation. The idea, and most of the science behind him, had been around for a long time – but got steam after Elon Musk began talking about his vision for a hyperloop.
Nearly ten years later, we still don’t have a hyperloop that connects two cities in the world. But during that time, progress was made – together with some more strange claims. So, can you travel from La to San Francisco in more than half an hour? Can you get from New York to Beijing in two hours? Can the power grid even support something like a hyperloop? Let’s see where the hyperloop is now.
Musk initially made some huge claims
Elon Musk is too optimistic about a big idea is not new – and he does the same thing with the Hyperloop concept in 2012. Musk claims hyperloop 350 miles that connect Los Angeles to San Francisco can be completed in a decade and will be charged below. $ 6 billion. It will do a better job than a high-speed train network proposed by California on the cost fraction.
Some of the musk claims made still look strange but rooted in reality. Tesla’s CEO said the loop of La Hypothetically to San Francisco will reach 750 mph speeds and transportation of 7.4 million people per year in each direction. CEO of Hyperlooptt Dirk Ahlborn has echoed this claim. Ahlborn believes the hyperloop capsule can reach near-sonic speeds, even though at first they will run at a slower speed than their maximum. Ahlborn also predicts the hyperloop capsule that departs as often as every 45 seconds.
Unfortunately, the speed prediction does not stop at a reasonable point. Musk continued to claim a hyperloop can transport someone from New York to LA in 45 minutes and from New York to Beijing in two hours. If it might happen, the task will require a system of thousands of long miles that stretch both the continent and the world’s largest water body. Musk predicts the average cost of La to San Francisco Hyperloop the trip will be $ 20. By 2021, $ 20 is equivalent to the price of bus trips between the two cities, and a third of the aircraft or train fees (via tripsavvy)
Tesla made their hyperloop research “open-source”
Although some elon musk companies were actively involved in the development of hyperloop, he did not intend to build a hyperloop itself. In 2012, Musk proposed ideas next to some suggestions about how it could succeed. The proposal includes a paper released in 2013 by Tesla (download PDF), which outlines the project and some knowledge that supports it.
Shortly before the paper was published, the Tesla CEO fell to Twitter, where he expressed disgust for a patent and said the hyperloop project would be an open source. From a practical point of view, research and design hyperloop Tesla can be accessed freely by anyone. Other companies can combine these designs in their work for free.
Open-source concepts are usually centered around the software. Course code or the core part of the software is made available to the public so that the business and community members can build it. Popular examples include Linux, Android, and Mozilla Firefox.