---
title: "California Test Track For Elon Musk’s Hyperloop To Be Built"
description: "Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, independent of Musk, has made a deal with landowners in central California on a site for its first test track to be built."
date: "2015-05-20"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Klokus"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/alex-klokus"
url: "https://futurism.com/california-test-track-for-elon-musks-hyperloop-to-be-built"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Hyperloop"
  - "Mass Transit"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "transport"
---

# California Test Track For Elon Musk’s Hyperloop To Be Built

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- The track will span 5 miles near the busy Interstate 5 highway somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to a recent Navigant Research blog post.
- Musk originally called for a top speed of 800 mph, but tests will be conducted at a more modest 200 mph. One reason for that is that engineers won't have the 100 miles of track Musk estimated would be needed for a pod to accelerate to 800 mph.
- The test track--which is expected to break ground in 2016--will cost about $100 million. Most of that funding is expected to come from an initial public offering by Hyperloop Transportation Technologies later this year.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexklokus>)