Inside Virgin Hyperloop: Airplane speeds in a levitating pod
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Virgin Hyperloop wants to revolutionize travel, with airless tubes and high-tech floating pods. Out in the Nevada desert, CNET’s Claire Reilly gets a glimpse of exactly what that future could look like.
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The big question, team: Would you take a ride in the Hyperloop? (It’s a yes for me, but even though it could have TV windows, I think I’d miss looking out at the world whizzing by!)
Helium filled tubes would be cheaper and greatly reduce system cost
This is so dumb. But okay..
I hope they can make it happen. Seems like the way forward. I’d be fist line to take a ride.
Democrats will block this on environmental concerns like they did to the keystone pipeline.
Mission Impossible sequel: write that down, write that down.
Yes, you can certainly “do all that” with the Virgin Hyperloop — if it existed. But it doesn’t.
Interesting. How will passengers be protected in the event of an earthquake?
Show me! — 500 m — lol
Reminds me of going to space. So close.
2:16 claire really was like, “yeah, lemme just stand in the tube where the 640mph pod comes through”
Lol Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are basically copying Elon’s ideas. What’s next, Virgin electric cars and boring company?
Virgin, once again, stealing Tesla’s originality.
Another overhyped nonsense — the physics just doesn’t make sense
yes id use it but like way after its been out for a very long time and been used by millions
This has been busted. Scam
Utter garbage. Hyperloop isn’t ‘futuristic”, it’s a concept, or a fantasy. It’s dishonest to show a drawing and say ““This is the Virgin Hyperloop”, because it’s not, it’s merely a promo video of something that doesn’t exist.
Hyperloop doesn’t travel at “airplane speeds”. You’re misleading viewers by describing concepts that don’t exist as if they were real. Jerks.
Tracks need maintenance for the full length, while some other options only need to service the pods and tubes.
Why wasn’t i born later :/
I don’t see security for this being any less airport like.
Keep the Feds away from the project.
Only cost $5 billion per 1/4 mile.
Hope I live long enough to see this
Airline speeds ha! What a joke. Remember originally it was going to be some 4000 MPH. Next!
‘The Hyperloop can do that all…’ Eh, no. It can’t. And it never will.
At that speed, you will need to travel in an almost perfectly straight line to avoid high lateral G‑forces and a straight line will only be possible underground (very expensive), plus one pod every 2 minutes with 28 passengers each is only 840 passengers per hour one way.
This is just proof that journalism students and journalists are brain-dead and incapable of thought. Just copy and paste the press release.
4:38 Musk’s lack of comprehension that you can’t have a air hockey type ride in a vacuum was laughable. I wish the interviewer at the time had pressed him on HTF he thought that would work. Maglevs are the only way to go, although I’m still highly doubtful we’ll see them in my lifetime.
If the power goes off then your hyper dead
How embarrassing. Imagine reporting something that will NEVER happen, as though it will be built next year . Zero credibility c/net, or whover you are. This is tragically stupid and extraordinarily naive.
Thunderf00t!
BS
Let’s see it go around corners.
Clair stands in the tube, the door closes suddenly, oxygen pumps start to make a sound.
I would rather not sit in a vacuum
It would be super scary if it break down while u trapped inside. But great innovation and thx for the review
Hyperloop at this point just exist to delay or stop any attempt to build HSR. This thing don’t even look it is ready for commercial in near future. 90% of all footage is just a CGI and the real thing just look unimpressive. 2020 human test is a joke, it is slow and only carry 2 peoples. On paper, speed is pretty much the only thing hyperloop do better than HSR and its speed is still slower than first bullet train in 1960’s. Media only hyping this because Musk is related although Virgin Hyperloop is not even his company.
There isn’t any functioning hyperloop in existence yet. I hope one actually works someday but don’t let that little test track fool you.
Anybody else thinks the Hyperloop oddly looks a lot like the tic tac UFO’s 🤨🤔🤔
Imagine me trying to go from Austin Texas to Japan I would love to go through in the strain if it comes worldwide
The biggest Vaporware project available.
This will end in tears and probably red mist.
The very original concept of hyperloop, had NO vacuum realm involved, it was a hoover-train cart, with a massive perpulsion fan in front the craft, which vectored at the bottom of the craft belly to cause levitation. Modernly, magnetics can multi task this, with levitation, rail shimmying and fan to vector air front to back, no vacuum envolving or not at the extreme level implamented.
Literally a pipe-dream; a giant waste of time and money; anyone with half an engineering brain can see that!!
0:32 this didnt age well
This is like a 10 year long grift to burn rich people’s money for the entertainment for dumb people.
Not for claustrophobics!
I am sure that in India there will be people on the top of the cabin.
Maglev
I wonder, where will the passengers get their oxygen to breathe?