Space X: Two Swiss engineering majors in competition: Zurich (ETH) Lausanne (EPFL)

Space X: Two Swiss engineering majors in competition: Zurich (ETH) Lausanne (EPFL)

Geneva

July 30, 2019

US Space X: “Hyperloop Pod Competition”

It was held in Los Angeles on July 21st.

With the Swiss Loop team, mainly at Zurich University of Technology (ETH),

The EPFLoop team at Lausanne Institute of Technology (EPFL)

They finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Student Competition:

It is a competition for students with the aim of improving the practical application technology of Hyper Loop.

This time, the fourth time 21 teams from around the world participated.

Compete the traveling speed of a transport prototype (pod) inserted in a tube of 1.8 meters in diameter and about 1.6 kilometers in length.

-JETRO

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