According to a press release, Dirk Ahlborn, CEO, HTT said the company is taking a passenger-first approach to guarantee that safety takes a priorty over all else.

“This will be the first time a full scale passenger Hyperloop capsule will be built and shown to the world,” said Ahlborn. “We put this on par with the first time any type of transportation has been revealed publicly, such as the first locomotive, airplane, or automobile, each of these signified a major shift in the way we live our lives on a global scale.”