A new hyperloop testing facility in Colorado is set to be constructed in Pueblo, Colorado under Swisspod, a Swiss-American transport technology company announced that the facility will be constructed on 23,000 acres of land that the US Army Depot uses to host warehousing, manufacturing, and logistics operations at PuebloPlex,. The business and industry complex will contain the test trach for the hyperloop that uses a unique propulsion system. They intend to build a full-scale capsule and operational infrastructure for cargo transportation. Hyperloop trains can theoretically travel up to 760 miles per hour, faster than a Boeing 747.
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The company announced a new agreement in April with the Transportation Technology Center (TTCI) and the Puebloplex to construct and test a full-scale prototype of their ground transportation system. Their pods would carry up to 30 passengers or cargo between major cities in minutes. They will move through a vacuum-sealed tube reaching near super-sonic speeds with a propulsion system that was created to be completely carbon-neutral. Their first plans use TTCI’s magnetic levitation track to validate its propulsion system. The full-scale prototype will need more space, and luckily, the neighboring Pueblo Plex property has plenty.
” It’s much more efficient than an electric car or an electric train. We found more than a collaborator, we found a partner to develop this mode of transportation further. When you’re talking about not only solving complex problems but also bringing a product to market that’s been tested and give the community a little bit and I think the world just a little bit of assurance that this has been tested by some of the world’s leading experts in ground transportation. It is the perfect combination of expansive facilities, kind of a remote location, and really, we called up Denis after we left that and said, hey we found it,” said Denis Tudor, Swisspod CEO and Co-Founder.
