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March 7, 2017 03:10 pm GMT

Hyperloop One shows first photos of its desert test loop

They're building a tube in the desert.

After some delays, lots of controversy and maybe a little concern about the longevity of the enterprise, HyperLoop One, the next-gen transportation company, is building a full-scale test track (test tube?) in the Nevada desert.

SEE ALSO: 5 tough questions for Hyperloop One

Unveiled at Dubai's Middle East Rail Conference, the images and video show 50 meters of white 3.3 meter-in-diameter metal tubing connected end-to-end. Hyperloop One calls the test track DevLoop.

So far,  there's 500 meters of tubing, weighing over 1,100 tons.

So far,  there's 500 meters of tubing, weighing over 1,100 tons.

Image: Hyperloop one

When the DevLoop is completed, it will form a loop in the desert, roughly 30 miles outside of Las Vegas, where HyperLoop One hopes to conduct its first full-scale test of what would be the World's first hyperloop transportation system. Read more...

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