Nevomo

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Nevomo
FormerlyHyper Poland
IndustryRailway Technology
FoundedApril 21, 2017;7 years ago (2017-04-21) in Warsaw, Poland
Headquarters
Warsaw
,
Poland
Products MagRail
Number of employees
53 (2023)
Website www.nevomo.tech

Nevomo (known as Hyper Poland until 2020) is a Polish company developing a high-speed magnetic railroad based on the Hyperloop technology. The company proposes a 3-step approach to implementing its proprietary technology in the railroad market with its first step being a Maglev solution which can be retrofitted to existing railway tracks. Nevomo was founded in 2017 in Warsaw, Poland

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History

Nevomo was founded in April 2017 under its original name Hyper Poland as a spin-off of a team of university students of Warsaw University of Technology. The student team had successfully participated in the Hyperloop Pod Competition II competition organized by SpaceX in California. [1] By the end of 2018, the company had filed eight patent applications. In October 2019, the company unveiled its first 1:5 scale prototype of the track and MagRail vehicle. [2] In 2020, the company begun test runs on a scaled-down track. [3] In the same year, the company rebranded from Hyper Poland to Nevomo. [4]

In the first quarter of 2022, Nevomo completed the construction of Europe's longest test track for passive magnetic levitation. The 700 meter-long railway track in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in Poland allows vehicles utilizing the company's MagRail technology to travel at speeds of up to 160 kph. [5] The installation of all necessary wayside equipment was completed in December 2022 and tests began in spring 2023. [6] The first levitation tests are planned for 2023.

Technology

Nevomo is developing a three-stage implementation of the hyperloop concept in which its MagRail technology – based on passive magnetic levitation – is intended to be the first. The company's core technological focus areas are in the development of a new type of linear motor, the levitation and guidance systems, the power electronics and position control systems, as well as monitoring systems. [7] The staged approach anticipates that a railway track will be first upgraded with the company's MagRail technology, which in a later stage is first enclosed to reduce drag, before finally becoming a full-fledged Hyperloop with a vacuum tube. As the later stages are expected to demand many more years of development before becoming technically and commercially viable, Nevomo is today focussing on following technologies:

Funding

The company has secured a grant of PLN 16.5 million from the National Center for Research and Development (NCBiR) [8] and completed two rounds of equity crowdfunding campaigns on Seedrs with PLN 3.7 million. [9] In 2020, the Hütter Private Equity fund from Gdynia, Poland joined the company's investor group. [10]

In mid-2022 Nevomo received funding of €2.5 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC) accelerator program, to be expanded with a campaign component of up to €15 million from the EIC fund. [11] In the same year, EIT InnoEnergy - one of the world's largest investors in sustainable energy innovation - also invested in the company. [12]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Rewolucja Elona Muska w rękach Polaków? Hyperloop Poland w finale konkursu SpaceX". WProst (in Polish). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Hyper Poland Reveals Its MagRail Transport Technology" . Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hyper Poland becomes Nevomo". Nevomo. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Hyper Poland Reveals Its MagRail Transport Technology". Eco Tech Daily. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Nevomo is ready to start testing MagRail technology on a test track in Poland". Rail Market. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nevomo: hyperloop-inspired rail freight could be soon a reality". RailFreight.com. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Core Technologies". Nevomo. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Super-fast trains travelling at 600kph are on track after massive multi-million investment". TheFirstNews. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Hyper Poland". Seedrs. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Hütter Private Equity zainwestował w Nevomo, rozwijający projekt hyperloop". money.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Nevomo to receive a EUR 17.5 million grant". Railway Pro. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "EIT InnoEnergy invests in Nevomo to support the development of the next generation of high-speed railways". EIT InnoEnergy. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

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