Abstract

Swiss Hyperloop Pod

(ETH Zurich, July 28, 2017)

A Swiss team from several universities, including ETH Zurich, has been working on an entry to the Hyperloop pod competition. The Hyperloop is a new transportation concept proposed by Elon Musk, and a competition is carried out for the first step in developing the transportation pod that runs in the system. The Swiss system will use magnetic levitation and cold gas thrusters to achieve a planned speed of over 400 kilometers per hour. The prototype will be tested at the competition in Los Angeles by the end of August.



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