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Posts Tagged ‘Virgin Group’

How could high-speed, cross-state travel boost Missouri? Hyperloop CEO has three words for KC

By Tommy Felts | April 25, 2019

Hyperloop One could be gliding down its interchangeable tracks within the next decade, CEO Jay Walder estimated. But is the mystical mass transit system any closer to finding its home, questioned an audience gathered Wednesday for the KC Tech Council CEO speaker series sponsored by RSM and hosted by WeWork.  “What if I told you…

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Hyperloop to AP: Kansas City-St. Louis route among top 5 as finalists narrowed

By Tommy Felts | October 20, 2017

Kansas City’s hopes to land a high-speed commuter route to St. Louis continue to shoot forward, a Hyperloop official confirmed Thursday. Two weeks after the State of Missouri entered into a public-private partnership with Hyperloop to study the feasibility of a 23-minute supersonic track between the two cities, the Associated Press reports Missouri is a…

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