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10 Km In 3 Minutes: India To Launch First Hyperloop Cargo Project At Mumbai Port, Work Starts Next Month

India is set to launch its first Hyperloop cargo system, designed by IIT Madras, with pilot operations beginning at Mumbai Port within a year.

Chennai: India is preparing to launch its first Hyperloop-based cargo transport project, with construction works set to begin at Mumbai Port next month. The pilot system, designed by the Avishkar Hyperloop team from IIT Madras, will initially move goods across a 10-kilometre corridor at speeds of up to 200 kmph.

According to Professor Sathya Chakravarthy, faculty adviser to Avishkar Hyperloop at IIT Madras, the project will demonstrate magnetic-propelled pods operating without a vacuum tube in its first phase

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