Virgin Hyperloop is an American transportation technology company that works to commercialize the high-speed travel concept called the Hyperloop, a variant of the vacuum train.
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19 Facts About Virgin Hyperloop
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Virgin Hyperloop was established on June 1,2014, and reorganized and renamed on October 12,2017.
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The original Virgin Hyperloop concept proposed to use a linear electric motor to accelerate and decelerate an air-bearing levitated pod through a low-pressure tube.
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Virgin Hyperloop has made substantive technical changes to Elon Musk's initial proposal and chose not to pursue the Los Angeles–to–San Francisco notional route that Musk envisioned in his 2013 alpha-design white paper.
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The test combined Virgin Hyperloop components including vacuum, propulsion, levitation, sled, control systems, tube and structures.
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The concept of Hyperloop transportation was first introduced by Robert H Goddard in 1904.
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Recent plans for a version of vacuum train called Virgin Hyperloop emerged from a conversation between Elon Musk and Iranian-American Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar when they were flying together to Cuba on a humanitarian mission in January 2012.
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In December 2015, the renamed Virgin Hyperloop One announced it would hold an open-air propulsion test at a new Test and Safety Site in Nevada.
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At the time Virgin Hyperloop One announced it had secured partnerships with global engineering and design firms such as AECOM, SYSTRA, Arup, Deutsche Bahn, General Electric, and Bjarke Ingels.
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On November 10,2016, Virgin Hyperloop One released its first system designs in collaboration with the Bjarke Ingels Group.
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On October 12,2017, Hyperloop One and the Virgin Group announced that it developed a strategic investment partnership, resulting in Richard Branson joining the board of directors.
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The system-wide test integrated Virgin Hyperloop components including vacuum, propulsion, levitation, sled, control systems, tube, and structures.
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Virgin Hyperloop designed and built its first generation full-scale test pod name XP-1 to be used in the full-scale pod tests.
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In 2018, WARR Virgin Hyperloop broke XP-1 record again in the third Virgin Hyperloop Pod Competition, on a longer track.
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In March 2021, Virgin Hyperloop announced that the vehicle would be on display at the Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building in late 2021.
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In February 2018, the Virgin Group signed an "intent agreement" with the Government of Maharashtra state of India to build a hyperloop transportation system between Mumbai and Pune.
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In September 2020, Virgin Hyperloop signed a partnership agreement with Bangalore International Airport Limited to conduct a feasibility study for a proposed corridor from BLR Airport.
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On September 14,2017, Virgin Hyperloop One announced the 10 winners; they were to be invited to work closely with the firm on viability studies to try and bring their respective loops from proposal to reality.
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On July 19,2016, Virgin Hyperloop One filed a countersuit against the four former employees, alleging they staged a failed coup of the company, in the process breaching agreements around fiduciary duty, non-competes, proprietary information and non-disparagement, as well as intentional interference with contractual relations.
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