Hyperloop Pod Competition at SpaceX

UC Irvine “UCI HyperXite” team members push their pod during the Hyperloop Pod Competition by SpaceX in Hawthorne. College students worldwide competed to test their pods on a Hyperloop track that runs three-quarters of a mile.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, speaks during the Hyperloop Pod Competition, where college students worldwide competed to test their pods on a Hyperloop track that runs three-quarters of a mile.

An engineer makes some last-minute adjustments as they prepare the Delft Hyperloop team pod from the Netherlands during the Hyperloop Pod Competition.

The WARR Hyperloop team from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, loads its magnetic levitation pod during the Hyperloop Pod Competition at SpaceX in Hawthorne.

Engineers makes some last-minute adjustments as they prepare the Delft Hyperloop team pod from the Netherlands during the Hyperloop Pod Competition.

Engineers make some last-minute adjustments as they prepare the Delft Hyperloop team pod from the Netherlands during the Hyperloop Pod Competition.

Workers seal the vacuum tube door with bolts during the Hyperloop Pod Competition by SpaceX in Hawthorne.