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Swiss students once again participated in the millionaire billionaire Elon Musk's Hyperloop contest in California. The EPFLoop team of EPFLoop took third place Sunday in the city of Hawthorne among the 18 participating teams.
The EPFLoop participated for the first time in the contest of innovative means of transport, according to a statement from the University of the Night on Monday.
We ship our pod in the Hyperloop tube. We are so proud of all our supporters for making this dream come true! #hyperloop #epfloop #epfl #swisstouch pic.twitter.com/Bhn4B15yaO
– EPFL Hyperloop (@epfloop) 22. July 2018
The team of TU Munich has won as the previous two years. Second place went to Delft Hyperloop of the Netherlands this year
Swissloop, the team of ETH Zurich and other Swiss universities, did not reach the final this year, according to a statement from the ETH Zurich Sunday. The high performance batteries were shorted and all attempts to repair the batteries failed. However, they wanted to continue working on the long-term vision of Hyperloop technology, it was said.
Last year's competition for the high-speed transport system allowed the Swissloop team to qualify for the finals. (chk / sda)
Created: 23.07.2018, 04:48
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