Will Hyperloop see the light of day? If some doubt it, the line projects are being revealed in India with a first demonstrator in Madras. ArcelorMittal and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel Materials have partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), as well as student teams and TuTR Hyperloop, a startup incubated at ITT, to develop this project that will be the “first infrastructure test of Hyperloop in Asia,” indicates a press release from the steel company.
ArcelorMittal announced Wednesday that a magnetic levitation fast train will be tested for transporting passengers and goods.
Hyperloop is a futuristic means of transportation imagined by Elon Musk. Several startups have been working on this project for more than a decade but without any operational line to date. It consists of pressurized circulating capsules, held in the air by magnets, in a low-pressure tube. In theory, it could reach a speed of 1,200 km/h.
Tested at 200 km/hour
ArcelorMittal will provide the steel, as well as the engineering, design and project management teams for this first line. The trial will be conducted at the Thaiyur campus on the outskirts of Madras (Chennai) with the support of the Ministry of Railway Transport.
A 400-meter pipe is planned for which ArcelorMittal will supply 400 tons of steel. It is in this tube where the capsules will be tested at speeds of up to 200 km/hour. The demonstrator should be operational “at the end of the first quarter of 2024,” the statement states, without indicating the amounts of the investments.
ArcelorMittal and the Madras Institute of Technology have already collaborated to jointly identify solutions to decarbonise the industry.
Source: BFM TV
