Hyperloop
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Technology
Hyperloop test pod breaks speed record and wins the annual hyperloop pod competition
A student team from Germany’s TU Munich achieved a top speed of 463 kmph (288 mph) on its prototype pod at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod…
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Innovation
China unveils a train that cruises at 373 miles per hour
China has developed a prototype magnetic levitation train that can travel at a maximum speed of 373 mph, and is expected to go into production…
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Legal issues
Musk’s DC-Baltimore loop tunnel clears regulatory hurdle
D.C. to Baltimore in 15 minutes could help advance hyperloop technology for cargo.
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News
Today’s Pickup: Amazon ceasing Chinese operations due to insurmountable domestic rivalry
Amazon bowing out of China; U.S. doubles oil exports in 2018; electric scooters bite into dockless bike sharing market.
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Air Cargo
Today’s Pickup: Bendix makes advanced safety systems available for older truck models
Bendix is now making its advanced safety systems available for retrofit for models where it was not factory-installed. Plus, U.S. finds little support for postal…
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Container
Today’s Pickup: Driver wages still rising; autonomous cargo ships; and hyperloop tunnels
Rising driver wages can’t slow driver shortage plus a Boston-based company receives funding for autonomous technology development for cargo vessels and more empty containers are…
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Maritime
HyperloopTT partners with Hamburg port terminal operator for cargo hyperloop
After unveiling its full-scale passenger hyperloop capsule in October, HyperloopTT is at the thick of things again, now partnering with Hamburg port terminal operator HHLA…
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News
Freight.Tech25: In spite of rocky year, Tesla shocks the world and places third
We would be hard pressed to find a more colorful and controversial company than Tesla, making it as high as number 3 on our Freight.Tech…
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News
Virgin Hyperloop comes up with major changes to its management board
Virgin Hyperloop One has a new CEO and chairman in the space of a week, with it now looking forward to commercialize and implement the…
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News
Richard Branson steps down as chairman of Virgin Hyperloop citing lack of time
Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, as stepped down from being chairman of Virgin Hyperloop One, stating that the company needs a more “hands-on…
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