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Hyperloop competition 2020: the 10 km tunnel, missed

Elon Musk promised A 2020 Hyperloop competition in a 10 km vacuum tunnel by the end of 2020. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.

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“Next year's @Hyperloop competition will be in a 10km vacuum tunnel with a curve”
— Elon Musk · Jul 21, 2019 · @elonmusk, 2019-07-21 ↗
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What actually happened

Musk said the 2020 Hyperloop pod competition would run in a 10 km vacuum tunnel with a curve. The tunnel was never built and no 2020 competition was held. Wikipedia — Hyperloop pod competition ↗

The Progression

Jul 21, 2019
The promise: “Next year's @Hyperloop competition will be in a 10km vacuum tunnel with a curve” · @elonmusk, 2019-07-21 ↗
Dec 31, 2020
Deadline passed. Musk said the 2020 Hyperloop pod competition would run in a 10 km vacuum tunnel with a curve. The tunnel was never built and no 2020 competition was held. Wikipedia — Hyperloop pod competition ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Missed · 2,111 days past due. Never happened.

After the July 2019 Hyperloop pod race Elon Musk announced that next year's competition would be held in a 10 km vacuum tunnel with a curve. SpaceX never built it, and the 2020 event never happened.

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