Advanced Transportation Systems

The opening of the world's first hyperloop gets closer every day. Here's an excellent update on several of the leading projects.

The Race to Build the World's First Hyperloop | The B1M Fundamental questions, cutting-edge engineering, billions of dollars, economic barriers, political challenges and the greatest transportation leap for a gene...

All-electric airplanes are the future of aviation and good progress is being made to achieve that future

MagniX revs up 750HP all-electric motor in preparation for first test flights in B.C. Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX is putting its 750-horsepower Magni500 electric motor through a series of full-power runs that will soon lead to all-electric flight tests.

It's horrible that we live in a world where the distribution of wealth is so extreme that someone could actually afford this megayacht while so many other people in the world are suffering, but at least it doesn't run on fossil fuels.

Inside the Radical New Hydrogen-Powered Yacht Concept That Could Change the Marine Industry As We Know It “Aqua” pushes the envelope in every possible way.

While this is only a concept design and it will likely stay that way, it's still exciting to see aircraft designers using biomimicry to create more efficient designs that could help usher in the era of aircraft with electric propulsion systems!

Airbus' Bird of Prey aircraft concept features feather-tipped wings Airbus has unveiled a bird-like concept for a hybrid-electric airliner that aims to show the potential of using biomimicry in aviation design.

TUM Hyperloop has set a new speed record of 463 km/h at the fourth SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition

Elon Musk promises new Hyperloop tunnel after speed record broken TUM Hyperloop broke the old speed record of 284 mph

The Skyport concepts have been envisioned for Dallas, Los Angeles and Melbourne – all cities where Uber has already announced it will be launching its aerial taxi service as early as 2023

SHoP and Gensler reveal designs for Uber Air Skyports US studios SHoP Architects and Gensler are among eight practices that have created concept designs of "skyports" for Uber, which will be hubs for both its flying and ground taxi fleets.

The Alfa-X train, unveiled by rail company JR東日本, will carry passengers at up to 224mph, outpacing the fastest Japanese bullet trains in commercial service today by almost 25mph

Superfast bullet train that rivals airplane flying times set to debut in Japan Passengers will be able to travel 680 miles, between Tokyo and Sapporo, in less than four hours.

Europe continues to embrace hydrogen fuel cells

Hydrogen fuel cell trains to run on British railways from 2022 Hydrogen-powered trains could run on British railways as early as 2022, as plans to introduce fuel cell technology to the network gather pace.

While rotating detonation engines are still only in prototype stage, the technology is showing a lot of promise.

Rotating Detonation Engines Could Propel Hypersonic Flight It runs on an endless shockwave, but, sadly, it’s still in the prototype stage.

Instead of using LiDAR like most of the autonomous vehicle tech industry, TuSimple is using a camera-centric perception solution. It looks like this strategy is paying off because they're quickly achieving milestones for a Level 4 system in which the vehicle takes over all of the driving in certain conditions.

Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple is taking 3 to 5 commercial trips a day A little more than a year ago, autonomous trucking startup TuSimple —flush with a fresh round of venture capital — was preparing to scale up its testing to two full truck fleets in China and the U.S. TuSimple, a China-based company with an R&D facility in San Diego and test operations in Tucson....

In the past few years, there has been a growing awareness that the ethical programming of Artificial Intelligence might have to vary by region

Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from. The infamous “trolley problem” was put to millions of people in a global study, revealing how much ethics diverge across cultures.

SkyRyse is developing tools to make flying helicopters easier, safer, and cheaper by taking the load off the human pilot. It's like the airborne equivalent of Tesla's Autopilot, a step between what we have now, and the the ubiquitous electric, autonomous, flying machines envisioned by the likes of Uber, Airbus, and Bell Helicopter.

A small California town is helping autonomous flying machines get off the ground Silicon Valley startup SkyRyse is working to take humans out of the pilot’s seat.