Getting from place to place has always been a problem, and problems tend to inspire innovation. Cars, trains, planes, and even the humble boat exist because someone needed a better way of getting ...

In the desert just north of Las Vegas, a long white metal tube sits at the base of the mountains, promising to one day revolutionize travel. That is where Virgin Hyperloop, whose partners include ...

A decade ago, Elon Musk told the world that the transportation of the future would include 600 mph trains inside tubes. Glass tubes. Steel tubes. Concrete tubes. One tube going everywhere, connecting ...

NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuters) - Think about the future of transportation, and you might envision the old animated show "The Jetsons," with everyone flying around in personal spaceships. Not only did ...

Virgin Hyperloop released a promotional video explaining how its futuristic high-speed transportation system will work in the future. The company, an arm of Richard Branson‘s Virgin Group, ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - “Imagine a capsule that can carry people, placed inside a depressurized tube to eliminate resistance...” So begins the proposal for the Great Lakes Hyperloop system: lightweight ...

Elon Musk’s tunnel startup The Boring Company plans to begin “full-scale” testing of hyperloop, a still theoretical transportation system that sends passengers in autonomous electric pods through a ...

Friday marks the second anniversary of the first major Hyperloop test, conducted by Virgin Hyperloop One in the desert north of Las Vegas. The test involved a sled traveling down a track at a top ...

U.S. Senate Energy Chairman Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his ranking committee counterpart today were on opposite sides of whether the federal government should fund superspeed transportation of ...

Elderly man dies in southwest Houston house fire on Willow Lake Drive; HFD contained the blaze in about 20 minutes, and arson investigators are probing the cause. Read full article: Driver hits fire ...

Virgin Hyperloop announced last week that it will lay off more than 100 workers and shift its focus from passenger to freight service, according to The Financial Times. The transportation company has ...

On Sunday, Elon Musk said on Twitter that he plans to test a Tesla and SpaceX-branded Hyperloop pod at half the speed of sound "soon." ...