About TransPod
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.
Shrinking Distances, Building Connections
In a vacuum tube train system, pressurized passenger and cargo vehicles travel in a low-pressure tube environment, driven by linear induction motors and air compressors, at speeds exceeding 1000 km/h. TransPod’s cutting-edge new design enables a significant reduction in the investment capital, increase in reliability, and improved operational performance, allowing a stronger business case for this system.
TransPod’s vehicle and infrastructure are being designed together for optimal performance, using TransPod’s IP. Powered by environmentally-sustainable solar/electric energy in a system that is unaffected by weather conditions, TransPod’s system enables passenger and cargo travel that is faster than airline travel, creating an attractive choice for consumers, a high-potential investment opportunity for infrastructure investors, and a reliable mass transportation system.
TransPod system timeline
Leadership team
Designing a 1000 km/h vehicle, the TransPod team consists of professionals from the aerospace and rail industry.
Sebastien Gendron
Co-Founder and CEO
Dr. Ryan Janzen
Co-Founder and CTO
Ryan Janzen is the inventor of the TransPod system. His strategy was to create a new generation of tube transportation with key new technologies to create a safe high-speed transportation system. His concept gave TransPod key competitive advantages, including a low infrastructure cost, and fundamental safety. Janzen has been featured on the Discovery Channel, Wired magazine, and Through the Wormhole, with his innovations featured in 110+ international lectures, media interviews, and scientific publications. Janzen has created several “world’s firsts” including veillance flux and aircraft PLC, leading to advances in aerospace propulsion, physics, and new innovations for cities.
Executive team
Dianna Lai Read
Director of Communications
Sadira Beekha
Financial Director
Charlotte Aurousseau
Human Resources Director
Board of Directors
Sebastien Gendron
Chairman
Dr. Ryan Janzen
Director
David Rechatin
Director
Advisory Board
James Lew
LeighFisher
Gregory Hart
Inception University
Gregory Ogorek
eSight Eyewear
Claude Bellware
Bombardier Transportation
Elke Rubach
Rubach Wealth
TransPod offices
Toronto
Canada
TransPod Inc
+1 437 374 0463
159 Dufferin St, Suite 100
Toronto, Ontario, M6K 1Y9
Canada
Limoges
France
TransPod SA
+33 5 82 84 06 14
1 avenue d’Ester
87068 Limoges
France
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
TransPod LLC
Boulevard Plaza, Tower 2, Level 23
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
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