India Plans to Introduce The 700mph Hyperloop Into its Cities

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  • The Indian Government is in talks with Hyperloop One to partner on building a hyperloop in the country.
  • The Indian Government plans to spend $59 billion to update its transportation systems.
  • If built, the hyperloop would drastically decrease travel times in the bustling country, cutting a day-long trip from Delhi to Mumbai down to only 80 minutes. 




    • Proposed route for hyperloops contruction in India


    India has been making headlines lately; from the record shattering launch of 104 satellites in a single day, to hosting the world largest solar farm, and now this.
    Hyperloop One is set on creating a new way in which we transport everything from people to cargo. The company believes in a quite easier, tube-based mode of transportation that ramps up to speeds equal to that of an airplane with the fees of a bus ticket, and India might find itself one of the lucky few countries where the company builds a hyperloop transportation system.


    India was on the shortlist Hyperloop One unveiled back in January during CES, which revealed the countries and entities that had proposed the strongest, most fiscally and practically compelling Hyperloop projects. This included 35 semi-finalists, including five from India    .
    Hyperloop One CEO Rob Lloyd told Bloomberg that he and his company are in early talks with the government about how best to form a public-private partnership on making some of these visions proposed by contest participants come true. The talks include discussing about sourcing components for the systems locally, including base material like steel, in order to help contribute to initiatives by the government that seek both to modernize India’s transportation infrastructure, and to support some of its homegrown initiatives.

    The company has been in communication with the ambitious government on ways to optimize a public-private partnership, with the Los Angeles-based company expecting to raise more than $100 million to invest in the country, says the Hyperloop CEO Rob Lloyd. For reference, Hyperloop One has already raised $32 million for its current projects in the U.S., Slovenia, and the U.A.E. — a third of the amount needed for the deal with India.

    However, the government of India is willing to spend $59 billion to transform and modernize its transportation systems, which may just benefit the Hyperloop One team after all. A project of this scale would fit right into India’s “make in India” country-building initiative. The increase in business and manufacturing would put the hyperloop’s 1,000 kph (621 mph) speeds to great use by significantly decreasing transportation times between India’s major cities. For example, a ride from Delhi to Mumbai, which currently takes about a day, would be cut to just 80 minutes on a hyperloop.





    It’s still likely that we’ll see the first active Hyperloop system from the company that’s operational in the UAE, but these discussions make clear that many markets are interested in what Hyperloop One has to offer, now that demonstrations of its core tech are proving the viability of Hyperloop overall.

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