Watch the invention that will change the concept of travel..twice faster than airplanes
Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world’s first passenger flight in a high-speed pod system, the company said Sunday, in a major safety test for a technology that is set to change the way people and goods are transported.
As the company said: Virgin Hyperloop executives Josh Giegel, chief technology officer, and Sara Luchian, director of passenger experience, reached speeds of up to 107 mph (172 km/h) at the company's DevLoop test site in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“It has been a pleasure to see the story come to life before my eyes,” said Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman of Virgin Hyperloop and Group Chairman and CEO of DP World.
In the Hyperloop system, which uses magnetic levitation to enable near-silent travel, a trip between New York and Washington would take just 30 minutes. That would be twice as fast as a commercial flight and four times as fast as a high-speed train.
The company has previously conducted more than 400 tests without human passengers at the Nevada site. Yesterday comes a month after it was reported that Virgin Hyperloop had chosen the US state of West Virginia to house a $500 million certification center and test track that will serve as a testing ground for its technology.
The company is working toward safety certification by 2025 and commercial operations by 2030, he said. Canada’s Transpod and Spain’s Zeleros also aim to transform traditional passenger and freight networks with similar technology that they say will reduce travel times, congestion and environmental damage associated with petroleum-fueled machines.