CONTACT University: WARR Hyperloop beats world record

With its latest "pod", WARR Hyperloop has achieved the fastest time ever measured on a test track – and almost pulverized its world record from 2017. This is the third time that the team of the TU Munich, which is supported by CONTACT Software, has won Elon Musk's Hyperloop competition.

WARR Hyperloop is a member of the CONTACT University Community since the beginning of 2018. This year's SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition once again sees the team of the Technical University of Munich racing away from the field. With a result of 467 kilometers per hour, the students surpassed their world record of the previous year (324 km/h) by almost 50 percent and have now won this competition three times in a row.

In Los Angeles, SpaceX founder Elon Musk maintains a 1.2 km long test track to test prototypes for the cabin capsule of his visionary high-speed system Hyperloop. In the future, these so-called pods should make it possible to transport passengers from city to city almost at the speed of sound in nearly airless tubes.

After rigorous preliminary technical tests, three of the 18 teams invited to Los Angeles made it to the final: WARR Hyperloop, Delft Hyperloop (TU Delft) and EPFLoop (ETH Lausanne). After their wins in January and August 2017, the students of the TU Munich also remain unbeaten in 2018. With their 70 kilogram pod they were more than three times faster than the second-placed vehicle of the TU Delft (142 km/h).

Trophy from the 3D printer: a model of the tube with a pod signed by Elon Musk (© WARR Hyperloop)

Through the CONTACT University program, WARR Hyperloop gains access to the most advanced collaboration software and practical knowledge for the further development of its pods.

"We congratulate WARR Hyperloop on this great world record," says Michael S. Murgai, Member of the Management Board of CONTACT Software. "We look forward to the team´s next records and are pleased that our innovative solutions CIM Database PLM and Workspaces are part of this success story."

Further information about our CONTACT University program can be found here.

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