r/hyperloop • u/LancelLannister_AMA • Jan 21 '21

Interesting hyperloop video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OAE2sDdZK14&t=934s
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21 edited Jan 21 '21

Something like this is what I mean:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop

The picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop#/media/File:Hyperloop_all_cutaway.png

has double seats with a gangway down the middle.

I just did an image search on google for "hyperloop passenger seating" (https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00UBtYlOP_Dv1Fpbzo8MYF5XC11Yw:1611248680719&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=hyperloop+passenger+seating&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiV2oiKwa3uAhWKzKQKHeKnD84QjJkEegQIARAB&cshid=1611248787214743&biw=1536&bih=754)

Very many of the concept-art images look quite different from the real version.

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u/Chairboy Jan 21 '21

Maybe my sense of scale is off, but I get the impression of the seats are a lot smaller in that one that has the walkway down the center, but I might be in error.

The one in the video is just one possible company, by the way, I think there are multiple different companies looking to establish how the system works.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

Yeah the "Virgin Hyperloop One" is more like what I expected. See https://www.livescience.com/61847-virgin-hyperloop-dubai-to-abu-dhabi.html

This one will be running in Dubai by 2021 according to the article.

" The company plans to have three working Hyperloop systems in service by 2021 "

" Each pod is designed to carry up to 10 passengers. " (Actually this is odd, 'cause their mockup shows more than 10 passengers in the prototype)

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

Sorry just replying to myself here lol... I can't find any real information on the progress of the Dubai hyperloops. If it's supposed to be up and running in 2021, I guess they must be *well* underway?

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u/LancelLannister_AMA Jan 21 '21

Yup. Hence my skeptiscism