A Hyperloop prototype in South Korea reached speeds of over 1,000 km/h, just days after
Previous maximum speed, alsoset by the institute was 714 km / h. South Korea hopes to launch Hyperloop by 2024, which will cut travel times between Seoul and Busan from three hours to 30 minutes.
The country already has high-speed trains serving this route, but the government is keen to make travel even faster on it.
Pioneered the idea of high-speed vacuum trainssuggested by the head of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk, stating that anyone can use it. Today, three companies are working on the transport project - Virgin Hyperloop One, Hyperloop Transport Technologies and Hyperloop One.
The most famous companies in this field are HTT andHyperloop One - appears every few months in different parts of the world and announces the construction of a test section of the track or the conclusion of a contract with local authorities to transport passengers on a high-speed road. According to the plans of companies and officials, the Hyperloop lines should cover the UAE, Europe, the United States, but it is still difficult to say when the first person will travel in a vacuum train.
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