Hyperloop pod competition, SpaceX, Hawthorne, California, USA

Elon Musk speaking at SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition, on 29 January 2017, outside SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA. According to SpaceX, "The purpose of the competition is to help accelerate the development of a functional Hyperloop prototype and encourage student innovation by challenging university students to design and build the best Hyperloop pod".

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WARR Hyperloop Pod, designed by Technical University of Munich (Germany), at SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition, on 29 January 2017.

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While the first SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition was great fun for the whole WARR Team, we are just as excited about what's to come in the sequel this summer!

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WARR Hyperloop Pod, designed by Technical University of Munich (Germany), at SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Weekend II, 25-27 August 2017, reached a maximum speed of 324 km/h

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Even though Elon Musk tweeted it first, here's the run of the WARR Hyperloop Team on the second SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition. We maxed out at 324 km/h (202 mph) and are incredibly excited to have won the title of fastest pod!

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SpaceX held its second Hyperloop Pod design competition and Darrell Etherington was there to talk to the three teams competing. The goal of the competition was to field the fastest pod in a race down the mile-long test track SpaceX built near its headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.

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