JOIN USWorkbench Projects, a Bengaluru-based startup, will join hands with Hyperloop India to build the prototype pod that will feature in the global design competition for the super fast transportation system using magnetic levitation technology.
“Hyperloop India team has partnered with us to build the prototype pod in Bengaluru by the end of July. The building work will start from May 22. This will mark India’s entry into the international Hyperloop race,” Workbench Projects founder and CEO Pavan Kumar said.
Hyperloop India comprises more than 80 students from BITS Pilani, Indian School of Business and IIM-Ahmedabad, and their scaled down pod prototype ‘OrcaPod’ has been selected for the final stage of SpaceX’s Hyperloop Pod Design competition.
OrcaPod, being developed by Hyperloop India — one of the five teams shortlisted for Hyperloop One Global Challenge — can reach speeds up to 460 kmph. Hyperloop envisages transporting passengers or goods inside capsules put inside vacuum created in special tunnels above the ground at speeds of over 1,000 kmph.
Hyperloop India signed the partnership with Workbench Projects three days ago for building the 4X2 metre pod. “My firm will assist Hyperloop India team to connect with fabricators and experts from Peenya and Electronic City for this build,” he said.