BEYOND 2020
HYPERLOOP
lon Musk’s ‘fifth mode of transport’ shoots a magnetically propelled capsule, carrying passengers or cargo, through a low-pressure tube at over 1200km/h (although the top speed it’s reached thus far is 463km/h). The thinking is that this ‘train’ technology could replace short-haul flights. The first 10-kilometre stretch of a planned 150-kilometre hyperloop track is set to open next year in Dubai between the airport and the Expo site. And in July this year, final
