{"id":186913,"date":"2024-04-06T15:32:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T20:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/netherlands-builds-quarter-mile-hyperloop-tube-for-testing"},"modified":"2024-04-06T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T20:32:46","slug":"netherlands-builds-quarter-mile-hyperloop-tube-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/netherlands-builds-quarter-mile-hyperloop-tube-for-testing","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands Builds Quarter-Mile Hyperloop Tube for Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/netherlands-builds-quarter-mile-hyperloop-tube-for-testing2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While researchers have <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/hyperloop-one-dead\" class=\"\">encountered major headwinds<\/a> in turning the Hyperloop into a reality, the European Hyperloop Center is still hoping to open the first functional tube by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit foundation has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hyperloopcenter.eu\/news-items\/european-hyperloop-center-opens-up-for-the-first-test\" class=\"\">opened<\/a> a new quarter-mile test tube made out of white steel segments, running alongside a railroad track in the northern Netherlands. It even includes a lane switch that splits the tube into two, an early experiment that could eventually inspire a way to connect a network of tubes.<\/p>\n<p>The concept, as dreamed up by Tesla CEO Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/8\/12\/4614940\/elon-musk-reveals-plans-for-high-speed-hyperloop\" class=\"\">over a decade ago<\/a>, involves ferrying passengers and cargo through low-pressure tubes at roughly twice the speed of high speed rail, greatly cutting down the time to travel between cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While researchers have encountered major headwinds in turning the Hyperloop into a reality, the European Hyperloop Center is still hoping to open the first functional tube by the end of the decade. The nonprofit foundation has opened a new quarter-mile test tube made out of white steel segments, running alongside a railroad track in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2019,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}