A few days ago on the test site near Las Vegas passed new tests transport system Hyperloop Virgin One. The main achievement of the trials the developers call a new record of the maximum speed. 15 December, an unmanned module overclocked to 387 km/h.
A new level of speed for a quarter better than the previous figure, 310 km/h. the Tests were performed in a closed tube divided into sections of 500 m, with parallel testing of the system the automatic locks. Without her, maintaining a very low pressure of 0.0002 atmosphere, it would be difficult and unprofitable. Plus has been tested to the new nodes in the suspension of magnetic chassis, navigation system, autopilot, etc.
The ultimate goal of Virgin Hyperloop project One – create a full-fledged transport system on an Intercontinental scale, in which capsules with passengers and cargo will move through the pipes of the airplane speeds. Until October 2017 in the name of the project doesn’t have the word “Virgin”, it appeared there after the Board of Directors included well-known entrepreneur Richard Branson. Now officially.
With the arrival of Branson to the project reached other investors — for example, there was information flashed on the investment of $50 million from the Caspian Venture Capital, and DP World. And already there are rumors that the “Hyperloop” could become the basis for a New silk road the grandiose trade route which build currently, China and Russia between Asia and Europe.
Source — Virgin Hyperloop One