Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2013, Elon Musk talked about the Hyperloop. A futuristic transport system built around near-vacuum tubes designed to whisk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China is pushing the boundaries of high-speed rail technology with its ambitious development of maglev trains that could ...

Chinese researchers have announced breakthroughs that may resolve the most persistent engineering flaw in vacuum-tube maglev systems, an issue that has stumped Elon Musk and other developers.

China has pushed magnetic levitation technology into a new speed class after a dramatic test. On Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV aired footage showing researchers from the National University of ...

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Arguably the main player in the crowded hyperloop space, Hyperloop One — which had previously seen investment from the Virgin Group founded by Richard Branson — couldn’t balance the books. Yet nearly ...

On a short stretch of track in northern China, a heavy block of engineering briefly moved with the urgency of a launched projectile. In a test that prioritised hardware limits over passenger comfort, ...

In February of this year, we reported on the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and its phase one testing of a low-vacuum-tube hyperloop-style maglev ultra-high-speed (UHS) train. In ...

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Tesla's Powerwall home batteries have grabbed headlines recently, but another of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's many big ideas could be reaching an important stage in its development. That would be the ...