Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 8:02 AM
December 22, 2023 After being in the news, futuristic transportation company Hyperloop One, which was founded in 2014 and received investments of more than $400 million, or about 14 billion baht, announced that it will close its doors. Recently it was reported that several popular pages posted content during Mr. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit's tenure. The former leader of the Future Forward Party used the hyperloop story to promote the party ahead of the election of Members of Parliament (MPs) in 2019.
For example, the Facebook page “Sati My Child” posted a message that said: “Recently, the company closed its doors. Preparing to sell all assets and lay off employees. Oh, how about Mr. Thanathorn who blessed you?”
The Facebook page posted “What are you lying about today?” Message reads: “#Everyone, I wonder why Mama Somborn didn't hand over the car business to Daddy Fa, the Prophet of Dum Sum, to take care of it. Are you afraid of going bankrupt like Hyperloop?”
The “Prat Samsi” Facebook page posted a message that said: “The father's dream has been shattered. It is over.” etc.
Hyperloop is a transportation system similar to a train. But it is special because the train will travel in a tube designed to have a vacuum, or as close to a vacuum as possible. To solve the problem of air-ground friction, tube trains use a magnetic system similar to that used in high-speed maglev trains, which uses a magnetic field to slightly lift the trains above the tracks and create momentum to push the trains forward instead of being driven by wheels. In addition, a compressor was installed to create traction at the head of the train.
The idea of Hyperloop comes from a businessman who likes to make a big fuss in the technology circle, such as Elon Musk, owner of the rocket company SpaceX and the electric car company Tesla, and he raised this matter in 2013, believing that if the trains running in this system succeed, they will be able to reach… Speed exceeds 1000 kilometers per hour. They also established a company called “The Boring Company” to develop their own hyperloop system in 2016, in parallel with the emergence of Hyperloop One, which began developing such a system in 2014.
On March 31, 2019, Mr. Thanathorn posted a Facebook message titled “Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit – Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit” which stated “Come back as promised, and report the results of the feasibility study for… Development and Construction of Hyperloop Technology in Thailand This edition was produced with my personal support, and I I hereby place the results of this study in the public domain. Allow the public to have all the right and freedom to fully study, develop, reference, reproduce, modify and criticize. In order to increase Thai society's knowledge about Hyperloop. If you have any questions regarding the results of this study, you can contact TransPod Inc., which prepared the study report, at [email protected] I hope you all enjoy reading this piece.”
Additionally, in November 2022, it was also reported that a prototype hyperloop tunnel in which Elon Musk invested was being built near SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne. The state of California, USA, has been dismantled. As for the hyperloop project, it is still unclear whether it will continue or not.
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