IIT-Madras team's 500-meter-long hyperloop test facility secures funding

Avishkar Hyperloop, a student-led team from India, has secured funding and technical support from a private company for its 'Hyperloop Pod' developmental efforts. Based at IIT-Madras in Chennai, the team comprises 70 members who belong to as many as 11 diverse engineering disciplines. Hyperloop is a futuristic mode of transport that aims to facilitate extremely rapid travel by using specially designed capsules (vehicles or pods) that travel in a vacuum tube, running the entire length between two distant locations. The proposed speed of this hyperloop technology is expected to be well over 1,100Kmph. The team is also constructing a 500-meter-long hyperloop test facility, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2022 at the Institute's Discovery campus on the outskirts of Chennai. L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) will be offering technical guidance across multiple facets of engineering to the students involved in the project.