Hyperloop One announces 10 winners of 'Global Challenge'
The company will commit meaningful business and engineering resources and work closely with each of the winning teams/routes to determine their commercial viability.
Hyperloop One will commit meaningful business and engineering resources and work closely with each of the winning teams/routes to determine their commercial viability. Image: Hyperloop One
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Hyperloop One will commit meaningful business and engineering resources and work closely with each of the winning teams/routes to determine their commercial viability. Image: Hyperloop One
Hyperloop One announced the winners of its Hyperloop One Global Challenge to identify the strongest new Hyperloop routes in the world. Following a close assessment of the proposals by a panel of experts in infrastructure, technology and transportation, ten teams from five countries were chosen from among hundreds of applicants.
Hyperloop One will commit meaningful business and engineering resources and work closely with each of the winning teams/routes to determine their commercial viability. Additionally, as a direct result of the Global Challenge, Hyperloop One and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), with support from AECOM, will enter a public private partnership to begin a feasibility study in Colorado.
US Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh Team: Midwest Connect
785
488
3
13,800,000
US Dallas-Laredo-Houston
Team: Texas Triangle
1030
640
5
18,771,000
US Cheyenne-Denver-Pueblo
Team: Rocky Mountain Hyperloop
580
360
10
4,831,000
US Miami-Orlando
Team: Miami/Orlando Hyperloop
414
257
2
8,500,000
India Bengaluru-Chennai
Team: AECOM India
334
208
6
17,710,000
India Mumbai-Chennai
Team: Hyperloop India
1102
685
10
43,190,000
UK Edinburgh-London
Team: HypED
666
414
4
19,151,514
UK Glasgow-Liverpool
Team: Northern Arc
545
339
6
9,715,488
Mexico Mexico City-Guadalajara
Team: Mexloop
532
330
4
33,530,000
Canada Toronto-Montreal
Team: HyperCan
640
400
3
13,326,000
Hyperloop One will now work closely with each winning team to validate and analyze their proposals further, and provide initial ridership forecasts, business case and preliminary technical analysis of the route and corridor, tailored to the needs of the individual route. Hyperloop One’s business and technical leaders will host in-country workshops with each team, and connect them with Hyperloop One’s global partner network to sharpen the feasibility and scope of the potential routes. Another 11 finalist teams will continue to develop their proposals with the support of Hyperloop One.
The Hyperloop One Global Challenge kicked off in May 2016 as an open call to individuals, universities, companies and governments to develop comprehensive proposals for deploying Hyperloop One's innovative transportation technology in their region. The winning teams/routes were chosen based on specific criteria including well-defined routes and implementation strategies, key stakeholder involvement from public and private sectors, compelling business cases, and innovative and creative applications of a Hyperloop system.
Hyperloop One and the Colorado Department of Transportation, supported by AECOM, will enter into a public-private partnership that will begin a feasibility study that examines transportation demand, economic benefits, proposed routes and potential strategies, regulatory environments and alignment with overall CDOT high-speed travel, rail and freight plans.
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