Will the Hyperloop become a new mode of transportation?

超回路列车会成为新的交通工具吗?

On paper, it`s safe, it`s incredibly fast, it`s not dependent on the weather. It`s relatively green, and it wouldn`t cost much for travelers to use. But in reality, it`s unproven. There are concerns about safety, whether passengers might feel claustrophobic, if they`d even be able to stand up inside the vehicle.

理论上，超回路列车速度非常快，并且很安全，同时其运行并不取决于天气。相对而言，其比较环保。并且对于游客而言，价格低廉。但是，在现实生活中，这些情况并未得到证实。人们对于其安全性存在担忧，如果乘客甚至不能站在车厢内，是否会感到幽闭恐惧症。

The big question is whether the actual cost to build a Hyperloop and someone will have to build one, will go well beyond initial estimates.

但最大的问题是有资金修建超回路列车，一些公司想要修建，但这会远远超过预期成本。

Some companies are finding out.

对此一些公司正在展开调查。

Those tubes could be the future of travel. We went to the middle of the desert where one company has started building tech they say will revolutionize transportation, Hyperloop Technologies.

这些管道将会成为未来的旅行方式。我们去了有一个沙漠中部，那里一家公司已经开始建设，他们称将利用超回路列车彻底改变交通运输方式。

Hyperloop, an idea for what the future of transportation could one day look like, famously scrawled on a napkin by tech magnate Elon Musk. It almost looks like science fiction, you sit in a pot and are catapulted through a depressurize tube at over 700 miles per hour.

超回路列车，作为未来的交通工具，是科技巨头贝宝埃隆·马斯克在纸巾上的潦草之作。但却非常的著名。这看起来像科幻小说，你坐在管道里，然后通过减压装置以每小时700英里的速度前进。

Elon Musk came up with the idea, but open source it, challenging anyone in the world to make it a reality. Two companies took on the task. One called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is made up of volunteers around the world who engineer in exchange for stock options.

埃隆•马斯克想出了这个主意，但广开智慧，挑战世界上任何人都使它成为现实。两家公司接下了这个任务。一个叫Hyperloop交通技术公司，这家公司是由世界各地的志愿者工程师在换取股票期权而构成。。

And then there`s Hyperloop Technologies, similar name, different team.

还有另外一个Hyperloop科技公司，相似的名字，却是不同的团队。

The proof point was when in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they actually, you know, for the first time, achieved human flight in an airplane.

小鹰号，北卡罗莱纳，他们实际上第一次实现了人类飞行的飞机。

For us, our Kitty Hawk is building our test track, three-mile test track and doing that by the end of 2016, and hitting over 700 miles per hour with our system.

对我们来说，小鹰号航空母舰正在建立测试赛道，在2016年底建设完三英里测试管道。并且利用我们的系统，每小时超过700英里。

And Pishevar says Hyperloop won`t be limited to just moving people.

Pishevar称超回路列车不仅局限于人类乘坐。

The top 15, 1-5, cargo ships in the world pollute the world more than all the cars in the world combine. That`s a billion parts. And so, you have a cleaner, more efficient and less expensive solution.

前15名的货船其污染量超过了世界上所有的汽车。约有10亿汽车。但现在我们有一个更加清洁、更有效、更便宜的解决方案。

Will the Hyperloop become a new mode of transportation?

On paper, it`s safe, it`s incredibly fast, it`s not dependent on the weather. It`s relatively green, and it wouldn`t cost much for travelers to use. But in reality, it`s unproven. There are concerns about safety, whether passengers might feel claustrophobic, if they`d even be able to stand up inside the vehicle.

The big question is whether the actual cost to build a Hyperloop and someone will have to build one, will go well beyond initial estimates.

Some companies are finding out.

Those tubes could be the future of travel. We went to the middle of the desert where one company has started building tech they say will revolutionize transportation, Hyperloop Technologies.

Hyperloop, an idea for what the future of transportation could one day look like, famously scrawled on a napkin by tech magnate Elon Musk. It almost looks like science fiction, you sit in a pot and are catapulted through a depressurize tube at over 700 miles per hour.

Elon Musk came up with the idea, but open source it, challenging anyone in the world to make it a reality. Two companies took on the task. One called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is made up of volunteers around the world who engineer in exchange for stock options.

And then there`s Hyperloop Technologies, similar name, different team.

The proof point was when in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they actually, you know, for the first time, achieved human flight in an airplane.

For us, our Kitty Hawk is building our test track, three-mile test track and doing that by the end of 2016, and hitting over 700 miles per hour with our system.

And Pishevar says Hyperloop won`t be limited to just moving people.

PISHEVAR: The top 15, 1-5, cargo ships in the world pollute the world more than all the cars in the world combine. That`s a billion parts. And so, you have a cleaner, more efficient and less expensive solution.