Hyperloop One announces 35 semifinalists in 17 countries, to Find World's Best Routes

12/01/2017. One route in Spain, Madrid-Tangiers
metalocus, CARLOS ARES

Whether you envisioned Hyperloop One as an overhyped pneumatic tube or an inventive way to transport cargo and/or passengers, the process follows and 35 teams from 17 countries around the world have just been announced as semifinalists in the contest to create working transit corridors for the technology.

Hyperloop One, Dubai to Abu Dhabi.

Hyperloop One's map, 35 teams from 17 countries around the world

Context and perspective for test site in North Las Vegas.

Hyperloop One, Dubai to Abu Dhabi, San Francisco - Los Ángeles.

The end-to-end Hyperloop One system, as imagined with its collaborator BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group.

BIG and Hyperloop One joint vision for the future of mobility in Dubai

Hyperloop One

Hyperloop One is reinventing transportation by developing the world's first Hyperloop, an integrated structure to move passengers and cargo between two points immediately, safely, efficiently, and sustainably.

The 35 proposed routes, to develolp this new way of transport, are sited in countries including, between others, Spain, Argentina, Poland, Australia, India, the U.K. and the U.S. (the full list is below). Finalists will be announced in May after three global showcase events where each team has the chance to demonstrate how their proposal will economically benefit their region. The showcases will be held in New Delhi on February 28th, Washington D.C. on April 6th, and London on April 27th. Twenty of the proposals currently have governmental or other funding sources already lined up.

Corridors in the semifinalist round include:

AR Buenos Aires-Cordoba
AU Sydney-Melbourne
CA Ontario (cargo)
CA Toronto-Montreal
CA Vancouver (cargo)
CH Shanghai-Hangzhou
DE Autobahn
EE Tallin-Helsinki
ES Madrid-Tangiers
FR Corsica-Sardinia
IL Eilat-Tel Aviv
IN Bangalore- Thiruvananthapuram
IN Chennai-Bangalore (two proposals)
IN Port connector
IN Mumbai-Chennai
IN Mumbai-Delhi
KS Seoul-Busan
MX Mexico City-Gudalajara
NL Dutch Loop
PL Warsaw-Wroclaw
SA Durban- Johannesburg
UK Glasgow-Cardiff
UK London-Edinburgh
US Boston-Somerset
US Cheyenne-Houston
US Gary-Louisville
US LA-Ensenada, MX
US Kansas City-St Louis
US Miami-Orlando
US Midwest
US Nevada
US Colorado (two proposals)
US Seattle-Portland
US Texas Triangle (Austin, Dallas, and Houston)

About Hyperloop One
Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company is led by CEO Rob Lloyd and co-founded by Executive Chairman Shervin Pishevar and President of Engineering Josh Giegel. For more information, please visit www.hyperloop-one.com.