A US startup pursuing Elon Musk\u2019s vision for near-supersonic rail transport announced Tuesday an agreement on a feasibility study for a \u201chyperloop\u201d system connecting two European cities.<\/p>\n
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Hyperloop Transit Technologies (HTT) said that it had reached an \u201cexploratory agreement\u201d with the Czech city of Brno on a super-fast rail connection with Bratislava, Slovakia.<\/p>\n
The bigger vision was to connect to the Czech capital of Prague, according to a statement by the company and local officials.<\/p>\n
\u201cConnecting Brno with Prague, and the existing efforts in Bratislava along with other cities in the region with the next generation of transportation will set the stage for a new era,\u201d Brno mayor Petr Vokrall said.<\/p>\n
HTT said that it was working with officials in Slovakia, Abu Dhabi and elsewhere in the hope of establishing uniform regulations for hyperloop systems.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince we have solved all the technical issues, it is now crucial for us to collaborate with governments around the world,\u201d said HTT chief executive Dirk Ahlborn.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew rules and frameworks will need to be written as we begin building out systems in Slovakia, the Emirates and several other to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
HTT was born out of crowd-funding platform JumpStartFund in late 2013. Its list of collaborators includes engineering management giant Atkins and Europe railway operator Deutsche Bahn.<\/p>\n
Rival US startup Hyperloop One earlier this month disclosed a list of locations around the world vying to put the futuristic rail transit system to the test.<\/p>\n
The startup company keen to revolutionize the way people and cargo travel said that 35 contenders remained from a field of 2,600 teams in a Hyperloop One Grand Challenge launched in May 2015.<\/p>\n
Hyperloop One wants to get three systems underway, according to chief executive Rob Lloyd.<\/p>\n
Dubai late last year agreed to a deal to evaluate construction of a hyperloop link that could slash travel times to Emirati capital Abu Dhabi to minutes.<\/p>\n
Both hyperloop startups, each of which boasted investments valued at more than $100 million, are building on an idea laid out by billionaire Musk, the entrepreneur behind electric car company Tesla and private space exploration endeavor SpaceX.<\/p>\n
Pods would rocket along rails through reduced-pressure tubes at speeds of 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) per hour.\u2014AFP<\/p>\n
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