While at the
Texas Transportation Forum on Thursday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revelaed plans to build a five-mile
Hyperloop test track.
Will be building a Hyperloop test track for companies and student teams to test out their pods. Most likely in Texas. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 15, 2015
Musk also said via Twitter he imagines some sort of Hyperloop racing circuit:
Also thinking of having an annual student Hyperloop pod racer competition, like Formula SAE http://t.co/HV9BLCoMb8 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 15, 2015
For more details on the Hyperloop concept, check out this story from
Government Technology.
http://www.govtech.com/fs/news/Could-Elon-Musks-Hyperloop-Derail-High-Speed-Rail.html