08-28-2017NEWS

A team from Munich just won the Hyperloop Pod Competition

The competition sought the fastest pod that could go down a 1.25 kilometer (0.77 mile) track. The winning pod was built by the Warr team from the Technical University of Munich, with their pod hitting a top speed of over 200 mph, reports Engadget. Of course, now that a 200 mph pod has been built, […]

BY Michael Grothaus

The competition sought the fastest pod that could go down a 1.25 kilometer (0.77 mile) track. The winning pod was built by the Warr team from the Technical University of Munich, with their pod hitting a top speed of over 200 mph, reports Engadget. Of course, now that a 200 mph pod has been built, Elon Musk says there’s no reason a pod can’t be made that goes 600 mph.

Hyperloop pod run by team WARR pic.twitter.com/ntaMsoxkZE

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 28, 2017

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Michael Grothaus is a novelist and author. He has written for Fast Company since 2013, where he's interviewed some of the tech industry’s most prominent leaders and writes about everything from Apple and artificial intelligence to the effects of technology on individuals and society. More

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