Almost a year after the start of construction, the Hyperloop test track in Ottobrunn near Munich is complete. The transport system is to be tested over an initial length of 24 meters. In the future, passengers in capsules will travel in a largely airless tube at around 850 kilometers per hour.
Prime Minister Markus Söder, Science Minister Markus Blume (both CSU) and Vice President for Digitization and IT Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Alexander Braun, are expected to attend the opening this Wednesday at 5 p.m.
In addition to the concrete vacuum tube, the test track includes a full-size passenger vehicle. According to TUM, it is Europe’s first real-size test track that has been fully certified for passenger operations.
The entrepreneur Elon Musk developed the idea and around ten years ago held competitions for students around the world. The TUM teams were always successful and, according to TUM, took first place in all competitions. Research on the transport system at TUM is now anchored in its own Hyperloop program. The program has been part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria since 2020 and is co-financed by the Free State of Bavaria.
