Hyperloop September 2022

Student engineers build hyperloop test pods with commercial-class top speeds

Enlarge / All the whoopee happened at this end of the 3/4 mile low-pressure test track. A pyramid and an obelisk of Boring Company bricks and EPFLoop's pod imbricate can be seen abreast it. (credit: Megan Geuss) HAWTHORNE, CA—On a sweltering[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Its been 5 years since Elon Musk proposed a Hyperloop design

Enlarge / Hyperloop Transportation Technologies' new passenger capsule. (credit: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies) In August 2013, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk published a white paper detailing a "Hyperloop," a super-fast passenger train that would overcome the usual friction by levitating whilom[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Elon Musk tweets a date for the opening of his first Los Angeles tunnel

Enlarge / An image of the Hawthorne test tunnel under construction. (credit: The Wearisome Company) On Sunday night, Tesla, SpaceX, and Wearisome Company CEO Elon Musk tweeted "The first tunnel is scrutinizingly done," subtracting that the tunnel will unshut December[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Hyperloop startup says construction on Abu Dhabi track will commence in Q3 2019

Enlarge / The Landmark skyscraper, center, stands on the municipality skyline abreast a waterway in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Monday, May 30, 2016. (credit: Alex Atack/Bloomberg via Getty Images) This week, startup Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (otherwise known[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Japanese railway company starts testing 249mph bullet train speeds

Enlarge / JR East unveils to the media its new test bullet train "ALFA-X" in Rifu, Miyagi prefecture on May 9, 2019. (credit: JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) This week, Japanese railway visitor JR East showed off its new Alfa-X, a high-speed bullet[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Come join Electrek and Super73 on an e-bike group ride in Los Angeles this weekend!

Electrek is doing another e-bike group ride! Come join us as we partner up with the awesome e-bike brand Super73 and cruise through Los Angeles this Saturday evening! We’ll all be meeting up at Super73’s Showroom at 16591 Noyes Avenue in Irvine, California. Be there at 5 p.m. to join up[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Aventon Level.2 launches as 28 mph flagship commuter e-bike with torque sensor

Aventon has been updating all of the brand’s popular electric bicycles to include upgraded features like improved frames, built-in LED lighting, and full-color displays that feature Bluetooth connectivity. Now the Level is getting the upgrades with the release of the Aventon Level.2 commuter e-bike. When I first reviewed the original Aventon[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in September 2022

Here at Electrek, we have spent countless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through the thousands of miles at this point, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

CSC RX1E electric motorcycle coming to US riders, hitting 80 mph for under $8,000

The Azusa, California-based motorcycle dealer CSC Motorcycles has just unveiled its latest electric motorcycle: the CSC RX1E. The bike takes a similar stance to the company’s gas-powered RX4 and RX3 adventure bikes but swaps the fuel-injected combustion engine for a liquid-cooled electric motor. That mid-mounted electric motor puts out 8 kW[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

FLX Bike gives first look at new Weapon X full-suspension electric mountain bike

FLX Bike has a new electric mountain bike coming. The company has shown off a glimpse of test riding on the FLX Weapon X, seen below. So far we have only minimal tech specs for the bike, but what we know points to the Weapon X being a high-performance carbon fiber[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

This country is paying car drivers nearly $4,000 to switch to an electric bike

Ooh la la! France will now pay you €4,000 (nearly US $4,000) to swap your old polluting car for a cleaner, more efficient, and more city-appropriate electric bicycle. That marks a major increase in the incentive designed to improve French cities. Pedal bicycles are also included in the generous incentive package,[...]

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Hyperloop September 2022

Electric Bike Company launches US-built 25 MPH folding electric bike

Newport Beach, California-based Electric Bike Company has just launched its long awaited folding e-bike model, known as the Model F. The folder embodies much of the same cruiser vibes and design ethos of the company’s larger e-bikes, but in a smaller and more portable package. And just like the rest of[...]

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