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, ...

Hyperloop meets demand for faster and more sustainable travel. Credit: Volodimir Zozulinskyi / Shutterstock. With high speeds potentially reaching up to 700mph on the ground, Hyperloop technology will ...

It has been almost a decade since Elon Musk floated the idea of hyperloop, a new mode of transportation that promises to move people and goods at the speed of airplanes while staying on the ground.

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 ...

Elon Musk's Boring Company says it will begin testing a full-scale Hyperloop transportation system later this year. According to a white paper released by Musk in 2013, Hyperloop is a public ...

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 ...

Virgin Hyperloop, the startup attempting to bring Elon Musk’s vision of high-speed trains to life, has changed its name. At some point in the last few weeks, the company quietly changed its name back ...

Last month there were reports that China was looking to build the country’s first hyperloop line between Shanghai and Hangzhou, with a 150km long tunnel. The Chinese Academy of Engineering and rail ...

It has been a transportation dream for more than 150 years: In the 1870s, a test system used a pneumatic vacuum tube to propel people under Manhattan from Warren Street to Murray Street. By the 2010s, ...

Though some efforts continue, the once-promising technology has run up against significant challenges — most notably creating an entirely new transit infrastructure. By Eric A. Taub Two employees of ...