HyperloopTT unveils full-scale capsule for 760mph travel

The 32m long capsule will help realise HyperloopTT’s ambition of delivering electrically-powered hyperloop transportation systems that run on proprietary passive magnetic levitation and a linear induction motor inside 4m diameter tubes mounted on pylons.

Designed to carry between 28 to 40 passengers, the capsules would depart every 40 seconds and transport 164,000 passengers a day on one line running at full efficiency.

HyperloopTT says its breakthrough technology is a next-generation passive magnetic levitation system called Inductrack. With the magnets configured in a Halbach array, the system - which has been tested and validated on a full-scale passive levitation track – enables passive levitation over an unpowered but conductive track.

Dubbed Quintero One, the capsule - revealed during a ceremony in Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain - is constructed almost completely from HyperloopTT’s Vibranium, a specially made dual-layer smart composite material that is claimed to be eight times stronger than aluminium and ten times stronger than steel alternatives. Vibranium is also embedded with sensors to wirelessly transmit information such as the capsule’s temperature, stability, and integrity.