Hyperloop will cover its pods in a new, super-real material: Vibranium

Well, this should help quell concerns that Hyperloop is a science fiction pipe dream...

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies revealed Tuesday morning the name of a specially developed material that it will use to line the exterior of its pods: "Vibranium."

Some of you Marvel nerds might recognize this as the material that composes both Captain America's shield and the Black Panther's claws. Surely, this is no coincidence.

Hyperloop Tech (not to be confused with Hyperloop One, which recently performed a public test of its propulsion system) boasts Vibranium is "eight times stronger than aluminum and 10 times stronger than steel alternatives" and "roughly five times less than aluminum and 1.5 times less than steel." Read more...