Hyperloop Development Competition
Erciyas Holding, one of Turkey’s important investment groups, is providing infrastructure support to the competing teams in the ‘Hyperloop Development Competition’ held for the second time at TÜBİTAK Gebze Campus between April 25-29. Erciyas produced the 208-meter-long and 1.2-meter-diameter Hyperloop Tube Line for the 17 teams from different universities that participated in the competition organized by TÜBİTAK RUTE-Rail Transportation Technologies Institute to race their prototype vehicles. The longest prototype Hyperloop Race Line in Europe, established at the TEKNOFEST site, is attracting great interest from young science enthusiasts and visitors. Emre Erciyas, the CEO of Erciyas Holding, said that they are happy to participate in TEKNOFEST with the Hyperloop concept for the second time and they are trying to do their best for the technology to be better known, developed, and for young people’s interest in this technology to increase in Turkey. In this competition, 26 teams from 17 different universities are competing fiercely with prototypes they prepared based on the Hyperloop concept, and they are trying to score points in the areas of Communication, Propulsion System Design, Levitation (Suspension) System Design, Braking System, and Race Safety. The teams that score the highest points and rank in the competition will receive their awards at the TEKNOFEST Festival to be held at Atatürk Airport between April 28 and May 1, 2023.
