At present, Virgin Hyperloop has not provided an official cost estimate. H.r.giger said that the company's goal is to provide bus service at a price of 20 cents per mile, which is equivalent to a 20-mile bus fare of 4 dollars. "We don't want this transportation service to be open only to the rich."

It is reported that last Sunday, Virgin Hyperloop conducted a manned travel test in its high-speed suspended transportation system for the first time, which simulated the feeling of driving at a height of about 200,000 feet and reached a speed of 65,438+007 mph in 6.25 seconds. It is reported that the Hyperloop system is expected to be certified in 2025 or 2026 and put into commercial use before 2030.

The test was conducted in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. Josh h.r.giger, chief technology officer and co-founder of Virgin Hyperloop, and Sara Luchian, director of passenger experience, took this special "capsule train", which was equipped with seat belts, seats and small windows. Because this train is an experiment for two people -Pod-2 pod-2 cockpit, it can only accommodate two passengers at present.

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Significance of successful manned test of the world's first capsule train

This test means that this "capsule train" has the basic conditions to serve human travel, and then it will gradually improve the running speed of the train through various verifications, tests and optimizations.

According to Virgin Hyperloop ((Virgin? Hyperloop), the "capsule train" carrying passengers and goods in the future will be able to travel in a vacuum pipeline at a speed of 600 miles per hour (about 966 kilometers), and it only takes 30 minutes from new york to Washington, which is twice as fast as the current commercial jet plane and more than four times faster than the high-speed railway.

Interface News-The world's first capsule train has been successfully tested and is expected to board before 2030.