The test marks an important milestone in the development of the futuristic transportation system that can, in theory, carry travelers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in under 30 minutes.
Hyperloop One says it's the first time anyone has conducted a fully-realized test of the system, which was first outlined by Elon Musk back in 2013.Hyperloop is building what could be a new high-speed mode of transportation. Passengers will sit in pods and travel at 700 miles per hour pic.twitter.com/lkeMGe8ocm— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 12, 2017
By achieving full Empty vacuum, we essentially invented our own sky in a tube, as if you're flying at 200,000 feet in the air, said Hyperloop One co-founder Shervin Pishevar boldly in a release announcing the test. For the first time in over 100 years, a new mode of transportation has been introduced.
The trial run, which was staged on the DevLoop test track in the desert outside Las Vegas, saw the test vehicle use the company's magnetic levitation (or mag-lev) propulsion system to reach a speed of 70 mph, hitting almost 2 Gs of acceleration.“It’ll be the safest, cleanest, fastest form of transportation in the world,” Hyperloop co-founder says of Hyperloop One pic.twitter.com/KCs2COr79u— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 12, 2017
Hyperloop One might be the best shot at achieving Elon Musk's vision of a future filled with tubes and pods to get us where we need to go.
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