The TU Munich Hyperloop team is on the move: Students from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) won the fourth consecutive Hyperloop competition in Los Angeles. With a top speed of 463 kilometers per hour, the Munich team once again outpaced all other participants in the international competition.
463 kilometers per hour — at this speed the TUM Team Hyperloop not your own Break last year's record (467 kilometers per hour), but still dominate the field of competitors once again.
In second place, at 257.5 kilometers per hour, was the pod of Team Swissloop from ETH Zurich. Team EPFLoop from the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) reached 238 kilometers per hour. A total of 21 student teams from around the world competed with their prototypes for the Hyperloop cabin capsule.
Hyperloop — a super-fast train that races through a tube system
The SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition was launched by SpaceX founder Elon Musk in 2015. The goal of the competition is to advance the development of the Hyperloop, a super-fast train that races through a system of tubes. To this end, student teams from around the world are invited to submit their concepts for the so-called pod—the cabin capsule that will transport passengers through the tube.
“The pod is the result of four years of evolution.”
No easy task. Even the experienced TU team encountered a few problems during the competition week. Components failed, and some of the software had to be rewritten. Ultimately, however, all problems were resolved. Team leader Toni Jukic was satisfied with his team’s performance after the competition:
"The pod is, so to speak, the result of a four-year evolution. We've learned something new every year and implemented these insights. Even though we couldn't break the world record, achieving the fourth win in the fourth race is incredible. We're overjoyed."
