Supertren prove levitating; will reach 1200 km / h – Sipse.com

The train, which successfully completed its first test consists of capsules that circulate on a cushion of air at low pressure tunnels.

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CALIFORNIA, EU.- Hyperloop the first test, the levitating train of the future, culminated Wednesday with success. A prototype the size of a tourism autopropulsó with electromagnets to over 168.9 kilometers per hour through a pistal built in the Nevada desert.

Hyperloop is one of the companies competing to become a reality the technical vision of Elon Musk, founder of electric company Tesla Motors, and proposed passenger capsules traveling by giant tubes between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The Hyperloop is a high-speed train capsules formed by circulating on a cushion of air at low pressure through tunnels. It must still be discussed when and how passengers and cargo, will rise to this system to reach speeds near 200 thousand kilometers per hour.

For now, Hyperloop has already achieved an injection of 80 million dollars (70.2 million euros) in which are included promoters risk clean technologies, the company’s rail high read speed SNCF, or company . national railway of France, among others

According to the initial project, there are two types of capsules: one with a diameter of more than two meters to 28 passengers, and one that also carries three vehicles.

Hyperloop would link the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles (ie 563 km) in just half an hour. And all this, powered by electricity. The system is immune to wind, rain, fog and ice, always according to its promoter. Capsules and engines are the least expensive part of the project; the bulk of the budget is the construction of the tube.

Brogan BamBrogan I SpaceX former engineer and cofounder of Hyperloop, considers that the test on Wednesday is an important milestone. “Testing technology development can be a tricky beast,” he told about three hundred people. “You never know if a given day things will go exactly as you want,” he added.

The prototype started on a train track and then propelled with electromagnets to 168.9 kilometers per hour. After a short walk, he ran into a sand trap. If all goes as planned, the prototype will levitate and another test will be done to scale and actual speed tube two kilometers long at the end of the year. The tubes, as a way, already scattered in the test area of ​​Las Vegas.

The CEO of the company, Rob Lloyd said Wednesday that Hyperloop aims to transport loads in 2019 and passengers 2021.

the big challenge for the company is to unite with his train Hyperloop San Francisco and Los Angeles, for which they have a budget of six billion dollars (five thousand 200 million euros).