In Virgin’s levitating hyper loop pod system, the first passengers travel.
Eventually, high-speed pods might complete the trip from New York to Washington in 30 minutes.
The world’s first passenger flight on a high-speed levitating pod system was successfully accomplished by Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyper loop, marking a significant technological safety test that might revolutionize both passenger and freight transportation.
At the business’s Develop test site in Las Vegas, Nevada, Josh Geiger, the chief technical officer of Virgin Hyper loop, and Sara Lucian, the director of passenger experience, achieved top speeds of 107 mph (172 km/h), the company announced on Sunday.
Sultan Ahmed bin Slayer, the group chairman and CEO of DP World as well as the chairman of Virgin Hyper loop, stated, “I had the true pleasure of seeing history made before my very eyes.”
The Hyper loop, established in Los Angeles, envisions a day when goods and passenger-filled floating pods accelerate through vacuum tubes at 600 mph or more (966 km/h).
A trip between New York and Washington would only take thirty minutes in a hyper loop system, which uses magnetic levitation to enable nearly silent travel. That would be four times faster than a high-speed train and twice as fast as a commercial jet trip.
At the Nevada location, the business has already conducted more than 400 experiments without using human subjects.
An artistic interpretation of the possible design of the Hyper loop over ground system.
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The test takes place one month after Reuters originally revealed that Virgin Hyper loop has chosen West Virginia, in the United States, to host a $500 million (£380 million) certification center and test track, which will act as a testing ground for its technology.
The company stated that it aims to be certified for safety by 2025 and to begin commercial operations by 2030.
With comparable technology, Trans Pod in Canada and Zellers in Spain hope to upend established passenger and freight networks. They claim that this will reduce travel times, traffic, and environmental damage associated with gasoline-powered vehicles.
