August SpaceX Hyperloop competition. Credit: Jing Niu (video link)
Students from the University of Munich were winners again last Sunday night. Their team, called WARR, built a demo Hyperloop pod and sent it down a test track just outside of SpaceX's headquarters, reaching more than 200mph using its own homemade propulsion system and braking in time before the track's end.
The speed was leagues better than the speed that WARR clocked during the last SpaceX Hyperloop competition in January (58 mph). At the time, WARR won its first award for having the fastest demo pod. On Sunday, the German team was able to best their official record by nearly 150mph with some clever engineering.
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