In China, the Hyperloop train has accelerated to 623 km/h. Ultimately, manufacturers want to build vehicles that can carry passengers at 2,000 km/h.
Hyperloop trains operate by pushing magnetically levitating capsules through tunnels with very little air resistance.
To test the train, engineers built a road about two kilometers long in a low-pressure vacuum tube.
In the second stage of the test, CASIC will test whether the T-Flight can reach a speed of 1,000 km/h in a 60 km long pipe.
According to Simple Flying, at this theoretical speed, the train will move even faster than a passenger plane, which travels at an average speed of 925 km/h to 966 km/h.
However, the company’s ambitions do not end there. According to a 2018 video campaign, CASIC wants to launch trains between Wuhan and Beijing that will reach speeds of up to 2,000 km/h – more than the speed of sound.
