It takes you 6 hours to travel around the world. It only takes 2 hours from New York to Beijing, and 45 minutes from San Francisco to New York. Do you think Tesla is already cool? No, no, no, Tesla is still far from it. The Hyperloop or ETT (Evaluated Tube Transport) project, which is a junior apprentice from the same school, is much cooler than Tesla. The noise is lower than that of an airplane, the price is lower than that of an air ticket, and the construction cost is claimed to be lower than that of a high-speed railway. However, these points are all floating clouds, and the fact that the speed is claimed to be higher than that of a jet is enough to attract attention.
The latest transport manned transport system Hyperloop can be regarded as an upgraded version of the high-speed railway. Hyperloop was originally announced by Elon Musk of Tesla at the D11 conference. Musk once complained that the existing high-speed railway plan in California is the worst and most expensive project in the world, and no one would want that fun. Hyperloop is different from traditional railways. It uses technologies similar to shells and aerodynamics, which is very interesting. Musk believes that the ideal transportation system is 3-4 times faster than existing trains, or even faster than aircraft. After the Hyperloop system preloads the solar panel, the energy obtained should be more than enough for the system consumption, and can store energy. After full load, it can be used continuously for up to a week.
Recently, he showed the ETT (Evaluated Tube Transport) project, which is the implementation of Hyperloop. This cargo is not a train, it is a "capsule", like a bullet being loaded and fired to the destination in the pipeline. In design, each "capsule" weighs 183KG, is 4.87m long, has a passenger capacity of 4-6 people, and has a trunk space in the rear. The pipeline lines of the two places can be directly attached to the existing high-speed railway viaduct, which can reduce the cost. The power part of ETT uses magnetic levitation technology, so there is no friction in the whole journey environment. It is launched by an ejection device, and it can go to the destination without interruption. The designed speed is 4000 miles per hour (about 6400 kilometers per hour). It only takes 45 minutes from San Francisco to New York, and only 2 hours from New York to Beijing. Is this the meaning of returning home after lunch?
The company also claimed that ETT could reduce the travel cost from San Francisco to New York to less than $100 compared with the current expensive air ticket price. At present, they will first build a pipe with a length of 3 miles (about 5 kilometers) to test the "travel capsule".
