Hyperloop Ones next step is to test airlocks for pod entry and exit

[CK_John]

Hperloop One is celebrating record achievements with its Phase 2 tests on its Nevada DevLoop track, but the company is already looking ahead to what comes next.

I spoke to CEO Rob Lloyd about how Hyperloop One got to today’s 192 mph XP-1 pod speed record, and what happens now, both for further technical testing and from a business perspective.

The next step for the testing facility, aside from increasing speed incrementally until it can reach the top achievable velocity of 250 mph on the current 1620-foot length of test track, is building and testing an airlock system that will allow passengers and cargo to be loaded onto, and off of the XP-1 pod at stations along a future Hyperloop transit route.

“We are actually now starting to install the concept of an airlock, so that we’ll have an entry and exit way to load the pod, which will then inform station design and other parts of the overall system,” Lloyd said. “The next big step is airlock, and further development of some of the core tech.”

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