The Virgin Hyperloop will change the way we travel, as this variant of the vacuum train is proposed to use a linear electric motor to accelerate and decelerate an air-bearing levitated pod through a low-pressure tube. This enables it to glide silently for miles at speeds up to 760 mph with little to no turbulence. It would be fully autonomous, quiet, direct-to-destination and on-demand. The track could be built as columns or tunneled underground, thus eliminating the dangers of at-grade crossings. Read more for a preview of what the passenger experience is going to be like.
Virgin Hyperloop successfully conducted the first human trial after 400 unmanned tests with Virgin Hyperloop executives Josh Giegel, its Chief Technology Officer, and Sara Luchian, Director of Passenger Experience as the first passengers at a speed of 107 mph at the Virgin Hyperloop’s DevLoop test site in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 8, 2020. The current planned route, with the train suspended by magnetic systems in a vacuum tube, runs from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
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Virgin Hyperloop can accelerate the future of mobility on land. The new mode of travel at supersonic speed rethinks transportation and the perception of space, landscape, time, and distance. In this day and age, Virgin Hyperloop taking off from our portals provides holistic, intelligent transportation for a globalized community to travel across vast distances in a safer, cleaner, easier, and faster way than airlines,” said Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group.
