Teams from the University of Washington and more than 20 other universities and colleges around the world are converging on SpaceX’s Southern California headquarters this weekend for the company’s second Hyperloop pod competition.
Like many sequels, this contest could well be more intense than the original.
Hyperloop I, which was conducted in January, scored the contestants on multiple scales, including design and safety ratings. In contrast, the Hyperloop II competition on Aug. 27 will be judged solely on the basis of which team’s pod is the fastest.
