The project
This year, Delft Hyperloop XI designs and builds one new hyperloop pod. In July 2027 we take it to the European Hyperloop Week in Zürich. On this page you can see the road there, where we are right now, and what every part of the pod has to do.
THE ROAD TO ZÜRICH
The new team moves into the Dream Hall and starts designing the pod.
Every department turns ideas into detailed designs and simulations.
We show the new pod to the public for the first time.
Parts are made, the pod is assembled and we test it on our own track in Delft.
Zürich, week of 13 July. We compete with other student hyperloop teams.
WHERE WE ARE NOW
Update from October 2026
Connected the simulation models of all departments into one model, and started writing the code that controls propulsion.
Ran the first simulation of the chassis and got positive feedback in a review with alumni.
Is laying out a battery that is built up from separate blocks.
Chose this year's two research topics: making the best use of a pod's capacity, and building superconducting magnets into a full-scale system.
WHAT EVERY PART OF THE POD DOES
The pod never touches the track. Magnets lift it up and a magnetic motor pushes it forward, both without contact.
The software that keeps the pod floating at the right height and makes it speed up safely and smoothly.
Because the pod floats, it has to carry its own power. Lithium-ion batteries, like in an electric car, feed every system on board.
The chassis that holds everything together, the emergency brakes, the outer shell and the track itself.
The circuit boards, sensors and software that read what the pod is doing and decide what it should do next.
The motor, magnets and battery get hot. In a near-vacuum heat cannot simply blow away, so this team designs the cooling.
Not everything is about our prototype. Scalability researches what it takes to build a real hyperloop network, and our design engineers imagine how it would feel to travel in one.
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