Hyperloop Hotel: The future of travel inspired by Elon Musk

You can't always take road trips in your Tesla. Sometimes you need more speed. Sure, your Tesla might have "ludicrous" mode but can it go 621 mph? For that, you might want to check into the Hyperloop Hotel.

Source: Inhabitat* via Brandan Siebrecht

Inhabitat* reports: "Imagine zipping between cities in mere minutes—all from the comfort of your hotel suite. That’s the futuristic vision of the $130 million Hyperloop Hotel, a proposal built upon [the idea of] Elon Musk’s Hyperloop One high-speed train system currently in development. Designed by University of Nevada, Las Vegas graduate architecture student Brandan Siebrecht, the Hyperloop Hotel envisions seamless transport between 13 cities with a proposed flat fee of $1,200."

Source: Inhabitat* via Brandan Siebrecht

This idea was so cool that it, "won the student section of this year’s Radical Innovation Award, an annual competition for futuristic hotel designs. Siebrecht’s winning design uses reclaimed shipping containers as mobile, customizable hotel rooms that zip between cities at near-supersonic speeds through tubes and dock at designated hotels. Guests could travel across the U.S. without leaving the comfort of their pods and handle the entire process, from reservation to travel arrangements, with their smartphone."

Source: Inhabitat* via Brandan Siebrecht

How did this all come together? "Siebrecht created the design for America’s 13 largest cities including Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Denver, Sante Fe, Austin, Chicago, Nashville, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston. He drew inspiration from Musk’s Hyperloop test track, the DevLoop, located just outside Las Vegas. If successful, the high-speed train could zip travelers from Philadelphia to New York in 10 minutes."

Source: Inhabitat* via Brandan Siebrecht

What's a room like at the Hyperloop Hotel? "Guests can customize the layout of the repurposed modular shipping container hotel rooms. Each hotel room includes areas for sleeping, bathing, living, and flex. Siebrecht estimates that the construction cost of each docking hotel between $8 and $10 million, and believes construction of his hotel concept feasible within the next five to 10 years."

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*Source: Inhabitat via Radical Innovation Award winner Brandan Siebrecht