Shervin Pishevar

Four 'Shervin Pishevar' stories June 2015 - July 2016

Engineering team turns on Hyperloop One in a lawsuit full of allegations of cronyism, nepotism and a death threat

Fred Lambert Jul 12 2016 - 5:53 pm PT

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If you follow Electrek, you know we are big fans of the Hyperloop concept and we are following closely the companies working to make it a reality. Hyperloop One, the company arguably making the most progress with already a full-scale test track under construction (pictured above) and several deals to develop routes, is now under scrutiny after one of the co-founders left and is now suing the company along with other executives.
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New images of the Hyperloop test track in Nevada [Video]

Fred Lambert Mar 14 2016 - 3:26 pm PT

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Hyperloop technologies (HT) co-founders Shervin Pishevar and Brogan BamBrogan were at the Launch Festival last week and sat down with Jason Calacanis to discuss the latest progress in making Elon Musk’s fifth mode of transportation a reality.
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Hyperloop Technologies Inc. gains support from LA Mayor and tries to emulate Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Fred Lambert Oct 15 2015 - 3:55 pm PT

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Hyperloop Technologies Inc. recently inaugurated its Innovation Campus in Los Angeles and at the same time, celebrated the hiring of its new CEO, Cisco veteran Rob Lloyd. At the event, the company hosted hundreds of affluent investors, artists, engineers and politicians, including LA Mayor Eric Garcetti. The mayor voiced his support for the company’s project to make a reality of the new mode of transportation first detailed in a white paper by Elon Musk and teams of engineers at Tesla Motors and SpaceX.
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A company is making Elon Musk’s Hyperloop a reality: Hyperloop Technologies, inc.

Fred Lambert Jun 21 2015 - 6:39 pm PT

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From Hyperloop Technologies’ Twitter

The Hyperloop is a new mode of transportation detailed in a white paper by tech billionaire Elon Musk and with the help of informal teams of engineers from the two companies he leads; Tesla Motors and SpaceX. The idea is to create a reduced-pressure environment in which it will be easier to transport people or cargo at high-speed and efficiency. This environment would take the form of a tube in which pods would travel at up to 750 miles per hour. The original concept presented in the paper would have been able to travel the distance between Los Angeles and San Fransisco (354 miles) in less than 35 minutes.

Elon Musk, being busy running Tesla and SpaceX, decided to open-source the concept. A group of ex-SpaceX engineers, venture capitalists and other tech veterans didn’t waste any time and created Hyperloop Technologies to try to make the project a reality.
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