The American transport company Virgin Hyperloop conducted the first testing of a vacuum train with
What is known
The test took place on November 8 in the 500-meterDevLoop tunnel, which is located in Las Vegas. The transport vehicle was the XP-2 double capsule, which was created specifically for the test. The production version of such a vacuum train will accommodate 28 people. The capsule was moving at a speed of 173 km/h. In the future they plan to increase this figure to 1102 km/h
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The first passenger of Hyperloop was the company's co-founder and CTO Josh Giegel, as well as Director of Passenger Experience Sara Lucian.
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If you, suddenly, did not know
The idea of the vacuum train Hyperloop in 2012invented by Elon Musk. This type of transport will be faster than planes and regular trains. Three test sites have already been built in the United States. The largest is 1.5 km. It is located in Hawthorne, California. By the way, in addition to Virgin Hyperloop, tests of vacuum trains are also carried out by SpaceX and HyperloopTT.
Source: VirginHyperloop
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