First passengers take a ride on Virgin Hyperloop

Virgin Hyperloop has passed a major milestone after the state-of-the-art transportation system hosted its first-ever human passengers. According to the official statement,...

Construction

Speeding forwards: Interview with Virgin Hyperloop One’s Harj Dhaliwal

In January, Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO), an American transportation technology company, created a stir in local and international media when it announced...

Construction

Virgin Hyperloop One says Middle East system can be powered completely off-grid

Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO), the American transportation technology company, has said that its system can be powered completely off-grid in the Middle...

Construction

Virgin Hyperloop One to build world’s longest hyperloop test track at KAEC

Virgin Hyperloop One has entered into a development partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Economic City Authority (ECA). The deal will see the firms...

Construction

Dar Al-Handasah to build first commercial Hyperloop system in Abu Dhabi

Design and engineering firm, Dar Al-Handasah has been appointed to head construction of Abu Dhabi's first commercial Hyperloop system. Dar Al-Handasah will...

Analysis

Opportunity in the shifting sands of Mideast machinery market

There has been a lot of recent interest in hyperloops from the press and on social media. First, there was the announcement...

Infrastructure

Hyperloop One ‘well-positioned’ to deliver first working system

Hyperloop One, developer of the world’s first operational Hyperloop, has released never-before-seen images of its development site in the Nevada desert at...

Infrastructure

Hyperloop ‘aims to start UAE works by 2019’

Hyperloop One, the US tech start-up that is developing a high-speed transit system for the United Arab Emirates, has said that it...

Infrastructure

Middle East Rail to focus on disruptive forces and tech

More than 350 global construction and engineering companies, contractors and solution providers, as well as regional and international railway operators will participate...

Infrastructure

UAE signs partnership with Hyperloop firm

The Office of Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), as part...