Virgin Hyperloop One

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Virgin Hyperloop One

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legal form Private
founding 2014
Seat Los Angeles , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
management Rob Lloyd (CEO)
Number of employees 280 (Q2 2017)
Branch High speed transport systems
Website hyperloop-one.com
As of September 22, 2017

Virgin Hyperloop One (formerly Hyperloop One and Hyperloop Technologies ) is a US company working on the development and implementation of the Hyperloop concept. Hyperloop One is planning a high-speed transport system with capsules in a vacuum tube (see also vacuum tunnel ), which should reach speeds of up to 1200 km / h. The concept of the Hyperloop was introduced by Elon Musk in a white paper in August 2013 , but the company Hyperloop One is neither under his direction nor is it owned. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles , California , United States .

history

The idea for Hyperloop One came about during a conversation between Elon Musk and venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar when they flew together on a humanitarian mission to Cuba in January 2012. Pishevar asked Musk, his ideas about the concept of hyper Loops to explain closer, Musk privately employed with for some time. Pishevar suggested using the Hyperloop for freight transport as well, although Musk planned to mainly carry people ( passenger transport ). Musk, however, was so involved through his work at Tesla and SpaceX that he did not have time to implement another project in the form of the Hyperloop. Pishevar offered Musk that he would take care of the project himself, which Musk did not respond to at first.

In May 2013, when Musk gave an interview as part of the AllThingsD conference, Pishevar asked Musk in a question and answer session to tell the audience more about his idea of ​​the hyperloop. Musk explained his concept and reluctantly promised the audience that he would publish a report on his idea in August 2013.

With the publication of the white paper in August 2013, the concept was practically open source and the further development and ultimate implementation of the Hyperloop is driven by the competition of individual, independent project teams.

Shervin Pishevar, Josh Giegel and Brogan BamBrogan founded Hyperloop One, then Hyperloop Technologies, in June 2014.

In addition to Hyperloop One, as of September 2017, three other companies are working on the implementation of the Hyperloop concept. On the one hand there are Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) by the German Dirk Ahlborn, on the other hand the Canadian “Transpod”. The third company that is working on the high-speed means of transport is "Arrivo, The Arrival Company", which was founded by former employees of Hyperloop One. The four former managers left Hyperloop One after internal disputes and founded their own start-up in early 2017 .

In mid-July 2017, according to Hyperloop One, a speed of 113 km / h was achieved for the first time, at the beginning of August 2017 it was 305 km / h (test sled of the 500-meter-long test tube "DevLoop") and in December 2017 it was 387 km / h.

implementation

To implement the project, Hyperloop One maintains partnerships with consultants, architecture and engineering firms. The partners also include the consulting arm of Deutsche Bahn , DB Engineering and Consulting, the Swiss tunneling company Amberg Group, the British engineering office Arup and the French engineering office Systra , as a joint subsidiary of SNCF and RATP .

Planned routes

In May 2016, Hyperloop One started the “Hyperloop One Global Challenge”, in which teams around the world were asked to submit suggestions for possible routes. The semifinals included 35 suggested routes, of which a connection in Germany between Hamburg and Berlin made it to the finals.

On September 14, 2017, Hyperloop One published ten routes that had won the tender and are now to be built. The ten planned routes are in the United States , Canada , Mexico , Great Britain, and India .

  1. United States : from Chicago via Columbus (Ohio) to Pittsburgh
  2. United States: from Dallas via Laredo (Texas) to Houston
  3. United States: from Cheyenne (Wyoming) via Denver to Pueblo (Colorado)
  4. United States: from Miami to Orlando (Florida)
  5. Canada : from Toronto via Ottawa to Montreal
  6. Mexico : from Mexico City to Guadalajara (Mexico)
  7. United Kingdom : from Edinburgh to London
  8. United Kingdom: from Glasgow to Liverpool
  9. India : from Bangalore to Chennai
  10. India: from Mumbai to Chennai

financing

Since its inception, as of September 2017, Hyperloop One has been able to raise venture capital totaling 245 million US dollars. In the first round of funding, also known as Series A round , Hyperloop One received a total of $ 11.1 million. The main investor was Sherpa Capital , a venture capital company led by Shervin Pishevar and Scott Stanford . In the second round of financing, 19 additional investors from around the world were added, including SNCF , the French state railway company. Sherpa Capital was also the main investor in the second financing round. Also, DP World , a subsidiary of Dubai World , the state-owned investment group of the United Arab Emirates , holds a 50 million US dollars to Hyperloop One.

Hyperloop One participates in the Swiss Cargo Sous Terrain project and has a seat on the board of directors.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Organization: Hyperloop One - Crunchbase. Retrieved September 22, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ a b heise online: Hyperloop One: New speed record and first test run with the pod. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
  3. ^ Robert Lloyd: Hyperloop One CEO Says 'We Can Do This in the US' . Bloomberg Technology.
  4. ↑ https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Virgin-investiert-in-Hyperloop-One-und-bekommen-Platz-im-Namen-3860282.html
  5. ^ A b Bryan Clark: Hyperloop Technologies drops a new name ahead of its first public track test . In: The Next Web . May 11, 2016 ( thenextweb.com [accessed September 22, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Julia Haase: First test track for the Hyperloop One ready . In: THE WORLD . April 7, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed September 22, 2017]).
  7. ↑ a b Hyperloop Alpha White Paper. In: SpaceX . August 2013, accessed on September 21, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b Bruce Upbin: Hyperloop Is Real: Meet The Startups Selling Supersonic Travel . In: Forbes . ( forbes.com [accessed September 22, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Tesla CEO and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk: The Full D11 Interview (video) . In: AllThingsD . ( allthingsd.com [accessed September 23, 2017]).
  10. ^ D11 Conference: Elon Musk Full Interview. In: Youtube.com. May 30, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
  11. ↑ a b c test in original size: Hyperloop One only drives 113 km / h instead of 1,200 - Golem.de . ( golem.de [accessed on September 22, 2017]).
  12. ^ Hyperloop Transportation Technologies | HTT. Retrieved September 22, 2017 (American English).
  13. ↑ TransPod Hyperloop - Reinventing Transportation. Retrieved September 22, 2017 (American English).
  14. ↑ heise online: Sex, parties and pipe mail: co-founder sued Hyperloop One. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
  15. ^ Astrid Dörner: Hyperloop gets competition . In: Handelsblatt . February 9, 2017 ( handelsblatt.com ).
  16. ↑ Magnetic levitation technology: Hyperloop One tests capsule for the first time - Golem.de . ( golem.de [accessed on September 22, 2017]).
  17. ^ Hyperloop One Goes Farther and Faster Achieving Historic Speeds. In: hyperloop-one.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017 (English).
  18. ↑ Golem.de (Ed.): Magnetic levitation technology: Hyperloop One sets a speed record . December 19, 2017 ( golem.de [accessed December 19, 2017]).
  19. ^ Astrid Dörner: Europeans support Hyperloop . In: Handelsblatt . May 11, 2016.
  20. ^ 'Hyperloop One Global Challenge' launches to develop the world's first hyperloop networks . In: Electrek . May 11, 2016 ( electrek.co [accessed September 22, 2017]).
  21. ↑ a b Hyperloop One Global Challenge. In: hyperloop-one.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017 (English).
  22. ↑ Ten routes are in the finals for the first Hyperloop One . In: WIRED Germany . September 15, 2017 ( wired.de [accessed on September 22, 2017]).
  23. ↑ Toronto to Montreal in 39 minutes? Futuristic people mover zips to next stage . In: CBC News . ( cbc.ca [accessed September 22, 2017]).
  24. ↑ Hyperloop One Closes Series B-1 Round of $ 85 million. Total Funding Raised to Date is $ 245 million. PR Newswire. Retrieved September 21, 2017 .
  25. ↑ a b Feb 12, 2015: Hyperloop One - Funding Round - Series A | crunchbase. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
  26. ↑ a b May 10, 2016: Hyperloop One - Funding Round - Series B | crunchbase. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
  27. ↑ After turbulence and Dubai money: Hyperloop One wants another 250 million US dollars . In: t3n News . ( online [accessed September 22, 2017]). After turbulence and Dubai money: Hyperloop One wants another 250 million US dollars ( Memento from September 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  28. ↑ Oct 13, 2016: Hyperloop One - Funding RoundConvertible Note | crunchbase. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
  29. ↑ Hyperloop is involved in Cargo sous terrain . In: look . September 7, 2017 ( blick.ch ).