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Hyperloop operational in a few years (2013)

“Musk proposed the Hyperloop would be operational in just a few years.”
— as reported (paraphrase) · Aug 12, 2013 · Hyperloop Alpha white paper, Aug 12 2013 (archived Tesla blog attachment) ↗
The fine print

No functional Hyperloop exists

The Progression

Aug 12, 2013
The promise: “Musk proposed the Hyperloop would be operational in just a few years.” · Hyperloop Alpha white paper, Aug 12 2013 (archived Tesla blog attachment) ↗
Dec 31, 2020
Deadline passed.
Today · Jun 12, 2026
Status: Cancelled · 1,989 days past due. Quietly shelved.

In the Hyperloop Alpha white paper published in August 2013, Musk proposed that his high-speed tube transport system could be operational within just a few years. The tracker holds the claim to a 2020 deadline. No functional Hyperloop was ever built, and the prediction is scored as cancelled.

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