AFP, Las Vegas :
US startup Hyperloop One on Friday disclosed a list of locations around the world vying to put near-supersonic rail transit system to the test.
The startup company keen to revolutionize the way people and cargo travel said that 35 contenders remained from a field of 2,600 teams in a Hyperloop One Grand Challenge launched in May 2015.
Viable submissions had to be condoned by government agencies that would likely be involved in regulating and, ideally, funding the futuristic rail.
Projects in the running included hyperloop rail connecting Sydney and Melbourne; Shanghai and Hangzhou; Mumbai and Delhi, and London and Edinburgh.
There were also 11 US teams in contention.
“There has been a lot of talk about reviving the infrastructure in the United States,” Hyperloop One co-founder and engineering president Josh Giegel told AFP at Consumer Electronics Show.
“If that is the plan, there is a good chance we would start working with them,” he said, referring to the incoming administration of Donald Trump.
US startup Hyperloop One on Friday disclosed a list of locations around the world vying to put near-supersonic rail transit system to the test.
The startup company keen to revolutionize the way people and cargo travel said that 35 contenders remained from a field of 2,600 teams in a Hyperloop One Grand Challenge launched in May 2015.
Viable submissions had to be condoned by government agencies that would likely be involved in regulating and, ideally, funding the futuristic rail.
Projects in the running included hyperloop rail connecting Sydney and Melbourne; Shanghai and Hangzhou; Mumbai and Delhi, and London and Edinburgh.
There were also 11 US teams in contention.
“There has been a lot of talk about reviving the infrastructure in the United States,” Hyperloop One co-founder and engineering president Josh Giegel told AFP at Consumer Electronics Show.
“If that is the plan, there is a good chance we would start working with them,” he said, referring to the incoming administration of Donald Trump.
