A joint, allowing expansion in heat and contraction in cold, connects tubes at a new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The split in a hyperloop tube allows vehicles to change directions, as seen during a press tour of a new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
A journalist passes a split in a hyperloop tube allowing vehicles to change directions during a press tour of a new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
One of the tubes allowing vehicles to travel on magnetic fields is seen at the new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
View of the hyperloop tube during a press tour of a new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Marinus van der Meijs, co-founder & Technology and Engineering Director of Hardt Hyperloop, walks in the tube during a press tour of a new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The split in a hyperloop tube allows vehicles to change directions at a test facility of new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The split in a hyperloop tube allows vehicles to change directions is seen at a new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Sascha Lamme, director of the European Hyperloop Center and co-founder of Hardt Hyperloop is interviewed during a press tour of a new European test center for hyperloop transportation technology which opens in Veendam, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)