07-03-2024, 09:08 AM
While hyperloop projects — magnetic levitation trains capable of reaching very high speeds — are all more or less shelved, whether in the United States or just about anywhere else in the world, the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has announced that its prototype was able to travel at over 620 km/h during a test run on a two-kilometre track.
Note that this type of technology is not new, since magnetic levitation trains are already in operation in Asia, albeit at a much slower pace. Moreover, here, the train will eventually operate on a completely enclosed line.
China could become the first country to have a train that’s as fast as a plane, but with a much smaller carbon footprint
https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2024...kmh/121637
Note that this type of technology is not new, since magnetic levitation trains are already in operation in Asia, albeit at a much slower pace. Moreover, here, the train will eventually operate on a completely enclosed line.
China could become the first country to have a train that’s as fast as a plane, but with a much smaller carbon footprint
https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2024...kmh/121637