Comment / Part 2: Hyperloop – the challenges

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(Editor’s note: this is Gila Kropf’s debut coverage of the evolving hyperloop industry – Part 1 can be found here) 

Hyperloop – a moonshot or a European odyssey?

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Study

The European Commission states in its latest study – from November 2025, headed: ’Fact-finding study on options for the possible further support of the European hyperloop sector’ – that hyperloop is maturing quickly and could soon move from prototyping to demonstration. Its potential to contribute to decarbonisation, digitalisation, regional cohesion and industrial renewal ...