The Russian company “Severstal” has signed an agreement on the supply of steel for the construction of the first prototype of the Hyperloop transport system with the American Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, “Vedomosti” write.
Severstal will send thick sheets of steel for the construction of the first five kilometers of a full-size commercial sample Hyperloop. One kilometer of the transport system will require about five thousand tons of metal. While the contract is concluded by 10 thousand tons, which will bring a Russian company from 5.5 to 9 million dollars.
In 2013, the idea of Hyperloop first expressed the founder of Spacex Ilon Mask. Hyperloop is a transport system with a high-speed vacuum train capable of accelerating up to 1200 kilometers per hour. During test trials in 2020, the passenger capsule acted almost to 400 kilometers per hour. Hyperloop route will pass over the ground and reminds Monorails.
Hyperloop diameter is 2.23 meters, exceeding the maximum existing size, so the pipes in the project will be welded. The location of the first kilometers of the system will be announced soon.
Investment analyst “Opening. Investments” Oksana Lukicheva called the project by image for Severstal. In case of success in front of the Russian company, huge prospects will open.