Hyperloop pod competition

Hyperloop pod competition test track

The Hyperloop Pod Competition was an annual competition sponsored by SpaceX from 2015 to 2019 in which a number of student and non-student teams participated to design—and for some teams, build—a subscale prototype transport vehicle in order to demonstrate technical feasibility of various aspects of the Hyperloop concept. The competitions were open to participants globally, although all competitions and judging occurred in the United States of America.

A competition in 2020 on a longer track was envisioned;[1] however, in the event, no longer track was built[2] and the pod-racing competition was superseded in 2021 by a tunnel-boring competition, with the aim for teams to rapidly and accurately build a tunnel 30 m (98 ft)-long and 30 cm (0.98 ft)-wide.[3]

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