Musk's high-speed rail prototype successfully completed its first tests at the European Hyperloop Ce

Rail Transit Exhibition News Imagine riding a capsule through a pipe, speeding through a magnetic field at speeds of up to 700 km/h.

Netherlands Hart says it has taken a step towards achieving this goal by successfully testing this future of mobility.

Marin·us van der Meijs, Director of Technology and Engineering at Hart, said: "The first successful test allowed us to levitate the aircraft and activate the guidance and propulsion systems. ”

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"Then we moved the vehicle to the launch position, which was about 20 meters from the pipeline. We then launch it with an acceleration similar to that of the metro, with a top speed of about 30 km/h and about 100 meters from the pipe. That's when our test was successful," Van der Mes adds.

The test was carried out at the Hart test center in the Netherlands, which consists of a 420-meter-long pipeline consisting of 34 separate sections.

The vacuum pump draws out air to reduce the internal pressure. This reduces drag and allows the capsule to fly at high speeds.

Replaces short-haul flights

Although the speed is still not high due to the limited space in the test center, the Netherlands company aims to increase its speed to 700 km / h.

The idea of a hyperloop was first proposed by tech mogul Elon · Musk more than a decade ago, when he proposed that a hyperloop could transport passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes, a distance of nearly 645 kilometers.

The road distance between Paris and Amsterdam is about 500 km. The travel time by car is usually about 5 to 6 hours.

Teams around the world have been working on the idea since Musk made this proposal, but a commercially viable hyperloop system has yet to emerge.

Proponents say it is much more efficient than short-haul flights, high-speed rail and freight trucks, but it will involve significant infrastructure investment.

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Roel van de Pas, Commercial Director at Hardt, said: "There is a very complex challenge to make [Hardt's] hyperloop a mobile system, and it requires technology, policy, public-private partnerships, and that's what is needed most," said Roel van de Pas, Commercial Director at Hardt. ”

According to the company, it wasn't easy to get this technology to where it is today.

"The hardest thing we're doing right now is testing all of these features together. Hovering, propulsion, navigation, all of these functions are now able to perform like an orchestra, making them work together," Van der Pas said.

Hart said its hyperloop will be operational in 2030 to carry passengers.

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