Hyperloop One, which was previously known as Hyperloop Technologies has successfully tested its prototype passenger pod. It had reached a speed of up to 310 km per hour.
On Wednesday, Shervin Pishevar, Executive Chairman and Co founder of Hyperloop One said, “this is the starting and the dawn of a new era of transportation.”
This high speed transportation system tested its first generation ‘XP 1’ passenger pod and traveled for 300 meters as it levitated off the track.
“We have achieved a historic speed of 310 km an hour and we are very much excited to eventually show the world the ‘XP 1’ going into the Hyperloop One tube,” Pishevar said. It is the sound of future that you hear from the sound of Hyperloop One, he added.
Hyperloop One will load passengers and cargo into a pod and it will accelerate progressively via electric propulsion through a low pressure tube.
Due to ultra low aerodynamic drag, the pod will lift above the track using magnetic levitation and glides at airline speeds for long distances.
“We have proven that our technology will work, and we are now ready to enter into the discussions with partners, customers and the governments across the world about the full commercialization of our Hyperloop technology,” said Rob Lloyd, Hyperloop One CEO.
Hyperloop One have announced last month about the successful completion of the Hyperloop test in a vacuum environment.
On May 12 at the company’s test track, ‘DevLoop,’ the first phase of a multi phase program was privately conducted in the Nevada Desert.
