The Boring Co. is expected to build a system that will run by end of 2020

The 16-mile O'Hare Express would connect downtown Chicago and O'Hare airport.

Technology guru Elon Musk beat  three other companies for the right to negotiate with Chicago.

The Missouri Hyperloop Coalition—a public-private partnership that includes the Missouri Dept. of Transportation, the University of Missouri and other public stakeholders—announced on Jan. 30 an agreement to produce a feasibility study for a 248-mile hyperloop route, connecting Kansas City, Columbia, Mo., and St. Louis.

The Maryland attorney general’s office has called into question the state’s permitting for the planned East Coast Hyper­loop project, sited near Baltimore.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk made good on his vow to the state of South Australia, installing a 100-MW, 129-MWh lithium-ion battery system in less than 100 working days at a 315-MW wind farm north of Adelaide.

Construction of transportation guru Elon Musk’s planned New York-to-Washington hyperloop transit system could get its start in Maryland, following the state’s Oct. 19 grant of a conditional utility permit to build a 10.3-mile tunnel near Baltimore, but Musk’s construction firm, The Boring Co., needs other approvals to start work on the segment.