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JULY 15, 2020

Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , one of the local developers of high tech, futuristic "hyperloop" transportation systems, says it has helpeds to publish the industry's first set of safety guidelines.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Saturday, November 16, 2019 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Transportation. Emerging Opportunities in Urban Mobility and the Business Models It Will Enable. The ways that people and products move around cities worldwide are rapidly changing.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , one of a number of companies in the LA area working on Elon Musk's concept of a high-speed transportation system, says it thinks it will have its first, commercial travel systems open to the public by 2022. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Los Angeles-based HopSkipDrive , which offers up transportation services to help kids gets to and from school, hsa raised another $22M in funding, the company said today. The company says its marketplace helps districts with fluctuating transportation demands, rather than having to re-route buses or add bus routes. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , which is one of LA's multiple companies working on next generation, "Hyperloop" style transportation systems, has unveiled a capsule design today in Spain. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

Elon Musk and The Boring Company have finally opened up their first, demonstration tunnel underneath the streets of Los Angeles, showing off a system which transports Tesla vehicles on guided rails under the city. The Boring Company Loop system pic.twitter.com/xVpDHzZKXB — The Boring Company (@boringcompany) December 19, 2018.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Elon Musk , and The Boring Company , the company he runs that is building underground transportation systems, is planning a massive expansion of its network, after the bankruptcy of the Las Vegas Monorail.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Upfront Ventures leads $14 million MetaCX round; Axiomatic invests in Matcherino; Hyperloop Transportation Technologies links with German port authority.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), the Hyperloop technology developer co-founded by Dirk Ahlborn and Bibop Gresta, said on Thursday that it has signed a study deal to look at routes to connect Cleveland and Chicago with its technology. Financial details of the deal were not announced.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of several companies in the LA area working on advanced transportation systems first imagined by Elon Musk, is reportedly in discussions with the city of Cupertino to help ease traffic in that city.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Lyft is turning its app into a one-stop multimodal transportation app in a few U.S. Samponaro most recently worked at Transportation Alternatives, a bicycle and pedestrian advocacy group. has shifted to a larger war for control over transportation. ” Lyft is also pushing to improve bike safety. .

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. Never heard of TechCrunch’s Transportation Weekly? This is where investigative reporting, enterprise pieces and analysis on transportation lives. We love the reader feedback. Keep it coming.

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L.A. Business Journal

JUNE 20, 2017

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has announced new partnerships with South Korean entities as it moves forward on its plans to implement its patented technologies in South Korea.

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JULY 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has signed a deal to bulid a test track in China, in the province of Guizhou, the company disclosed on Wednesday--the first big deal the company has in China to deploy its technology.

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APRIL 9, 2018

The alternative-transportation services segment occupied by new Santa Monica startup Bird suddenly heated up today, after car sharing service Uber said that it has acquired JUMP Bikes --the provider of a electric bike sharing service in San Francisco. Bird just raised a big $100M funding round.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies --one of several companies looking to develop transportation systems based on Elon Musk's concept of the "Hyperloop"--says it has begun construction on what it says will be a "full-scale" passenger and freight system in Toulouse, France. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment venue giant AEG and ridesharing operator Lyft are in a national, transportation partnership, which will bring exclusive "Lyft Zones" at a number of AEG music properties, and also names Lyft its exclusive rideshare, bike, and scooter partner. Financial details of the partnership were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Los Angeles-based Arrivo , the Hyperloop transportation developer led by former Hyperloop One CTO Brogan BamBrogan, says it has inked a deal with the Colorado Department of Transportation, to conduct a feasibility study for a "tube" network around the Denver metro area. Financial details of the effort were not announced.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Playa Vista-based hyperloop developer Hyperloop Transportation Technologies --the company led by Dirk Ahlborn and Bibop Gresta--says it has linked up with insurance company Munich Re on a risk analysis and feasibility effort.

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MARCH 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of three companies working on the Hyperloop concept in Los Angeles, announced this morning that it is beginning development of a full-scale, passenger capsule for its Hyperloop systems. HTT said the capsule is being developed at its R&D center in France.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), the hyperloop technology developer led by Dirk Ahlborn, has created a joint venture with a German company, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA), which is the biggest container terminal operator in the Port of Hamburg.

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JUNE 15, 2018

Chicago has selected Los Angeles-based Boring Company , the tunnel-transportation-hat-and-flamethrower company run by tech mogul Elon Musk, for a $1 billion transportation system.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Not one to be shy about grand visions, technology mogul Elon Musk unveiled his plans this afternoon for Hyperloop , a system for transporting people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in mere minutes, using aluminum pods which are sent at speeds of up to 800 miles per hour between the cities. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One , the advanced transportation technology startup which is now backed by Sir Richard Branson, has inked a deal in the country of Dubai , to launch a new startup called DP World Cargospeed.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , one of the two companies in Los Angeles working on advancing Elon Musk's Hyperloop concept for rapid transportation between cities through essentially giant pneumatic tubes, says it is opening up a 3,000-square meter facility in Toulouse, France.

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MAY 18, 2016

San Diego-based driver safety equipment and monitoring equipment maker Lytx says that Omaha, Nebraska based TransWood Carriers, a provider of dry and liquid bulk transportation services, is using its DriveCam products as part of a fleet safety effort. Financial details of the win were not announced.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Southern California Edison said late Thursday afternoon that it has received approval to launch four new, electric vehicle transportation pilots, which will help expand the adoption of electric vehicles.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Los Angeles-based future transportation developer Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of two Los Angeles-based developer of Hyperloop systems, has inked a deal with the city of Abu Dhabi and its Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport (DMAT), to pursue connecting the cities of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

San Diego-based Cubic Transportation Systems , which provides payment and information technology and services for the transit industry, said last week that it has acquired NextBus , a provider of real-time passenger information systems for more than 100 transit agencies in the United States. The firm's headquarters are in San Diego.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One , one of the local companies which is looking to bring Elon Musk's idea of high speed transportation to reality, reported today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the city of Moscow, to explore building high-capacity, passenger systems in the Russian city. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Wheels --founded by the founders of dog walking marketplace Wag--has jumped into the crowded "last mile" transportation fray, saying it has raised $37M and launched its services in San Diego.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has been selected by NASA to help transport astronauts to space, the agency said Tuesday afternoon, in a move to return astronaut launches to American soil. According to NASA, both Boeing and SpaceX have been selected to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

San Diego-based DriveCAm , the developer of driver monitoring and risk management systems, reported a win today with an agricultural transportation company. DriveCam said Mountain Milk Hauling is using the firm's systems as part of a program for managing driver safety. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2016

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is led by Dirk Ahlborn, and was originally funded by crowdfunding site JumpStarter. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. HTT said the deal will make it the first company to work on plans for a Hyperloop system in Europe.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 13, 2016

But when it comes to transportation, there might be more to LA than just bloated commute times. Back in the 1950s, any association with “stars” and “cars” would be the envy of any modern city. But today, that’s sometimes overshadowed by images of aggressive paparazzi and gridlocked freeways. Read More.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 3, 2020

The Grand Challenge series brings together companies developing new transportation or airspace management technologies, the Agency said.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Playa Vista-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the Los Angeles companies working on technology to bring Elon Musk's concept of a high speed transportation system to market, said this morning that it has signed an "exploratory agreement" with the city of Brno, Czech Republic.

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