Richard Branson's Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world's first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system, the company said on Sunday, a key safety test for technology it hopes will transform human and cargo transportation.
Virgin Hyperloop executives Josh Giegel, its chief technology officer, and Sara Luchian, director of passenger experience, reached speeds of up to 172 km/h at the company's DevLoop test site in Las Vegas, the company said.
"I had the true pleasure of seeing history made before my very eyes," said Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, chairman of Virgin Hyperloop and group chairman and chief executive of DP World.
Los Angeles-based Hyperloop envisions a future where floating pods packed with passengers and cargo hurtle through vacuum tubes at 966 km/h or faster.
Чета не понял.
Маск гиперлупил, гиперупил, и гипевылупил только канализационный коллектор для движения автомобилей своим ходом.
Это что же делается, граждане?
The hyperloop was first popularized by Musk, who in 2013 posited traveling from LA to San Francisco in less than 30 minutes. He offered it as an open-source idea, arguing he was too busy with his companies Tesla and SpaceX to embark on his own project. Still, observers speculated that Musk would eventually buy a stake in whichever company appeared furthest along. Instead, the billionaire surprised everyone in August when he announced that he would build his own hyperloop between New York and Washington, DC, as part of his Boring Company tunneling project.
In interviews, Hyperloop One founder Shervin Pishevar was always sure to credit Musk as his inspiration, but maintained that his company was the only one in the world to build a full-scale hyperloop (a test track in the Nevada desert). Now, with Branson as a major stakeholder, the company is likely to ramp up its aggressive pursuit of government approval to break ground on its first operational system.
Похоже с солнечными батареями та же история будет.
LeeVan писал(а): ↑09 ноя 2020, 10:26Чета не понял.
Будто когда-то вообще понимал.
LeeVan писал(а): ↑09 ноя 2020, 10:26Маск гиперлупил, гиперупил, и гипевылупил только канализационный коллектор для движения автомобилей своим ходом.
Это что же делается, граждане?
Поясняю для тех, у кого с пониманием хронические проблемы.
Маск придумал и опубликовал описание концепции, открыв в общий доступ, потому что ему просто физически некогда ещё и этим заниматься.
Hyperloop One нашли инвесторов, продолжили развивать концепцию и работали над прототипами. Потом Virgin их перекупила, ещё больше проинвестировав. Всё вроде очевидно.
