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It's bureaucracy that kills a lot of interesting innovations, and even though we tend to associate this pest with the less developed, more corrupt countries, that idea is true only up to a point.
And that point is marked by the interest of very rich and influential people doing business in those countries. If you come up with a plan that these moguls find interesting, they'll find a way to move things inside the state institutions with lightning speed. Or, as the saying could go over the next few years, with Hyperloop speed.
Indeed, Hyperloop One, the former Hyperloop Technologies and one of the most advanced entities in the race to build a full-scale working prototype of this futuristic transport solution, is apparently in talks with Russian officials (and not so officials alike) over the implementation of this technology in Moscow and the rest of the country.
Last month, Hyperloop One announced it was in talks with Summa Group, a Russian multi-oriented business (including oil, port activity and telecommunications) ran by billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov. If you think about it, countries like Russia, China, the US or Canada should be the most interested in the development of Hyperloop due to their large areas.
A system that could reliably link Moscow with the country's eastern coast on the Pacific would bring huge economic benefits, with people and goods able to move from the capital city to Vladivostock a lot quicker. Right now it's an eigh-hour flight or a five-day drive. With Hyperloop (that's estimated to go as fast as 700 mph), the time needed to cover those over 9,000 km (5,620 miles) on land would drop to just about eight hours.
There are several pilot projects being discussed right now, one hovering around the Moscow capital while another focusing on linking the Chinese province of Jilin (with lots of mineral extractions and manufacturing plants) and the Russian port of Zarubino, which is 70 kilometers away (about 45 miles). The officials say that this project could get 100% shared financing from the two countries, which have an agreement to support Silk Road projects.
Mr. Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow in charge of transport, also commented on the possibility of developing this fast transportation method in the Russian capital: “In the next few years we’ll see a major breakthrough in the development of technologies which will facilitate our lives… Hopefully, Hyperloop technology will be developed, and, as far as I know, the pilot project will be launched in December. We will see how the theory works in practice,” he told Russia Today.
Companies such as Hyperloop One are caught up in a race, and all they want at the moment is to be the first to come with a major advancement of this technology that would give them a leading position. If that discovery comes on Russian soil (or any other foreign country) instead of the US, then it's all the same to them. Now, it's up to the American authorities to persuade them to return home or risk losing the advantage.
Indeed, Hyperloop One, the former Hyperloop Technologies and one of the most advanced entities in the race to build a full-scale working prototype of this futuristic transport solution, is apparently in talks with Russian officials (and not so officials alike) over the implementation of this technology in Moscow and the rest of the country.
Last month, Hyperloop One announced it was in talks with Summa Group, a Russian multi-oriented business (including oil, port activity and telecommunications) ran by billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov. If you think about it, countries like Russia, China, the US or Canada should be the most interested in the development of Hyperloop due to their large areas.
A system that could reliably link Moscow with the country's eastern coast on the Pacific would bring huge economic benefits, with people and goods able to move from the capital city to Vladivostock a lot quicker. Right now it's an eigh-hour flight or a five-day drive. With Hyperloop (that's estimated to go as fast as 700 mph), the time needed to cover those over 9,000 km (5,620 miles) on land would drop to just about eight hours.
There are several pilot projects being discussed right now, one hovering around the Moscow capital while another focusing on linking the Chinese province of Jilin (with lots of mineral extractions and manufacturing plants) and the Russian port of Zarubino, which is 70 kilometers away (about 45 miles). The officials say that this project could get 100% shared financing from the two countries, which have an agreement to support Silk Road projects.
Mr. Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow in charge of transport, also commented on the possibility of developing this fast transportation method in the Russian capital: “In the next few years we’ll see a major breakthrough in the development of technologies which will facilitate our lives… Hopefully, Hyperloop technology will be developed, and, as far as I know, the pilot project will be launched in December. We will see how the theory works in practice,” he told Russia Today.
Companies such as Hyperloop One are caught up in a race, and all they want at the moment is to be the first to come with a major advancement of this technology that would give them a leading position. If that discovery comes on Russian soil (or any other foreign country) instead of the US, then it's all the same to them. Now, it's up to the American authorities to persuade them to return home or risk losing the advantage.
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