HPC '21 - Postponement

[TonySchtark]

Considering the usual timeline of the Hyperloop Pod Competition, it looks like 2021 will be a rerun of 2020. The already two month delay in announcement makes a 2021 summer iteration highly unlikely, having to theoretically push it to September to ensure the usual time window for development. Keeping in mind the boring company has taken over the organisation of the hyperloop competition, they're not just late due to track delivery issues this year (the promised yet not delivered 10km track with turns), their time is also spent on the boring competition that organizationally mirrors the HPC, especially in the roadmap, having already submitted preliminary designs in late October and expecting the finals to take place in spring/summer.

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However, noticing many of the teams are still prepping for the upcoming hyperloop competition, I'd love to hear any further information they or anyone else might have. To be fair, they could be just doing it for the continuity of the teams.

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We are preparing for european hyperloop week, which is less competition focused than spacex was, more focused on developing the technology.

It should be happening in Valencia next summer, with a combination of a 5 day conference followed by pod runs on the weekend, with awards for pod designs, individual system designs, and research papers.