On Sunday evening, Virgin Hyperloop achieved its first crewed test. At the company’s DevLoop facility in Nevada, two passengers were fired through the 500-meter tube. I must say, this is really exciting. To maintain a comfortable experience, the capsule’s speed in this test was reduced to 107 miles per hour.
That’s less than half of the pod’s top speed in the tube, maxed out at 240 miles per hour during tests at the end of 2017. This is mostly down to the length of the tube: 500 meters isn’t enough to reach the sort of speeds the company promises to reach. We expect to see Greater speeds are likely when the second, longer Hyperloop facility is built in West Virginia.
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