The Hyperloop has a need for speed and a team of students from the Technical University of Munich is providing it. At the third SpaceX pod contest on Sunday, Germany’s WARR Hyperloop team pulled off a ...

Design teams from all over the globe gathered near Los Angeles over the weekend for an unusual competition. The prize was a claim to nerd fame: Who can design the fastest Hyperloop pod in the world?

The hyperloop, Elon Musk's idea to make a high-speed transit system for people, has been an exercise in, well, hype. Despite a roster of companies and piles of VC money dedicated to realizing the idea ...