Travel 700 mph in a vacuum tube? Hyperloop promises a 30-minute trip from Chicago to Cleveland, but multiple challenges ahead
CHICAGO - Suppose you want to go to Cleveland from Chicago - how fast can you get there?
A car ride takes around five hours. A plane takes an hour and 20 minutes, not counting waiting time in the airport.
Hyperloop technology, which involves a system composed of a vacuum and magnets to propel vehicle pods through a tube, could theoretically get you there in 30 minutes. You could leave Chicago at 10 a.m. and have plenty of time to tour the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame before lunch.
But first someone has to build it, and there are plenty of challenges ahead for this form of transportation, a smaller version of which is being considered for an express train between O'Hare International Airport and downtown Chicago.
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