FluxJet: Announced to the world in July 2022 in Toronto, Canada.

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transportation to connect cities and address climate change.

Our vision is a world in which people, cities, and businesses are connected with affordable and sustainable ultra-high-speed transportation.

TransPod is developing the next generation of affordable and sustainable ultra-high-speed transportation for a better connected and fossil fuel-free society.

TransPod is building solutions to solve mankind’s biggest upcoming challenge. The way people move is not sustainable. As the population is demanding faster deliveries and faster transport, it is critical to develop new transportation systems capable of moving people fast and clean.

TransPod System

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What’s happening

TransPod is supporting territorial and economic development in France.

November 2022

TransPod is a Limoges and Toronto-based company developing a novel transportation system: the FluxJet Vehicle and TransPod Infrastructure. TransPod’s technology is the most practical, economically feasible, and operationally robust ultra-high-speed tube transportation...

Decarbonizing transportation thanks to an ultra-high-speed passenger and freight transport solution

September 2022

Transportation is responsible for more than a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. With population growth and increasing per capita demand in developing countries, the IPCC has warned that this figure will increase at an even faster rate in the coming decades....

Latest press release

July 2022

TransPod Unveils the FluxJet, a First-in-the-World Vehicle for Ultra-High-Speed Transportation of Passengers and Cargo at over 1,000km/h

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News & press releases

TransPod system timeline

October 2015

TransPod Founded.

TransPod team forms. Designing a 1000 km/h vehicle, the TransPod team consists of professionnals from aerospace and rail industry.

September 2016

InnoTrans Berlin

The TransPod System is unveiled at the InnoTrans Rail exhibition, in Berlin, the largest trade show of the rail industry, where it rapidly draws the attention of seveal industry leaders.

November 2016

Seed investment

Angelo investments commits $15 million USD towards the project. TransPod parners with MERMEC, SITAEL and Blackshape.

January 2017

Partnership with IKOS consulting

IKOS' expertise will support the general electrical system, and safety engineering of the TransPod vacuum tube pod.

March 2017

TransPod opens offices in Canada, France and Italy

TransPod’s operations have expanded to facilitate advanced research and development with partners and experts.

July 2017

TransPod releases Initial Cost Study

Analysis finds TransPod system will cost 50 percent less and travel four times faster than high-speed rail in Southwestern Ontario.

September 2017

TransPod released scientific peer-reviewed publication

Ryan Janzen premiers the paper at the EASD EURODYN 2017 conference, which presents the physics of the TransPod system.

April 2018

Kick-off – Power Converter Project

With the support of France and Canada, TransPod is developping a light-weight and compact power converter with spin-offs for the transportation industry.

June 2018

European-Canadian Partnership

Agreement with 3 European vacuum tube train companies to collaborate on the regulatory framework in Europe.

December 2018

Construction permit

The construction permit for the test track in France has been approved.

January 2019

Industrial partnerships

Three industrial partnerships have been signed at the Canadian Embassy in Paris.

March 2019

Thailand feasibility study

The first fully public report on a feasibility study has been published by TransPod.

August 2019

Feasibility study Marseille – Nice

A feasibility is conducted for a line between Marseille Airport, Marseille downtown, and Nice airport.

February 2020

JTC20

A working group has been created to draft the European regulations for vacuum tube train systems.

August 2020

MoU with the Government of Alberta

The government of Alberta, Canada, supports TransPod's development in the province, for a line between Calgary and Edmonton.

September 2020

Medical Ventilator project

TransPod receives the go-ahead from France, Europe, and Canada, to develop and commercialize a medical ventilator.

June 2021

Alberta Feasibility Study Results

The TransPod line between Calgary and Edmonton will reach jet speed, with tickets 45% cheaper than a flight.

March 2022

TransPod: $550 million to develop a line in Alberta, Canada.

TransPod achieves critical industry milestone, becomes first tube-transportation company to confirm finance for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project

July 2022

TransPod Unveils the FluxJet

Groundbreaking Canadian innovation unveiled in Toronto; will enable drastic improvements in carbon footprint, travel time, and ticket price compared to existing transport options

August 2022

Hatch announces an agreement to support TransPod

Hatch announces an agreement to support TransPod with the design and construction of their state-of-the-art, ultra-high-speed transportation project.