2024-12-22T08:43:19-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150011490/work-on-europe-s-first-hyperloop-test-facility-in-delft-has-been-completed Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-06-08T15:24:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/t4/t47rhsg6qpz7l79i.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Back in February, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149989760/tu-delft-wins-overall-for-first-phase-of-spacex-hyperloop-pod-competition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TU Delft won the first phase of SpaceX's Hyperloop Competition</a>, beating out MIT and the Technical University of Munich, for their design of a human-scale Hyperloop pod. Well, last week, Europe's first hyperloop test facility on the TU Delft campus was unveiled.</p><p><a href="https://www.hardtglobalmobility.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hardt</a>, which was founded by some of the winners from Elon Musk's hyperloop competition, is the first European company to work on developing the futuristic transport system. They have been working in conjunction with the construction company <a href="http://www.bam.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BAM</a> to build the 30-meter long test facility revealed last Thursday. The facility consists of a tube with a length of 30 meters and an external diameter of 3.2 and will allow Hardt to try out all the important systems at low speeds. Testing will focus on examining the safety, the propulsion, the gliding and the stabilization of the hyperloop vehicle. In addition, the company is also interested in looking into potential social issues concerning the new form of transportatio...</p>