After setting up his test track in Nevada DevLoop reduced to 500 meters in length, the company Hyperloop One successfully tested his XP-1 capsule prototype which foreshadows the modules which will circulate at 1000 km / h in weakly pressurized tubes to reduce air friction.
Without going as far as this cruising speed, the test capsule reached 310 km / h during the test carried out on July 29. The company reports that the XP-1 module "accelerated 300 meters, then slid over the runway with magnetic levitation before braking and stopping", with a sense of detail:"when you hear the sound of the Hyperloop One, you hear the sound of the future".
Hyperloop One XP-1 capsule
In the tube, the air pressure was as maintained as that of the air at 60,000 meters above sea level and the so-called Phase 2 test notably allowed to test the electronic systems, the electric motor and the operating parameters. of the capsule.
Observers have been waiting for this demonstration for a long time, to the point of doubting that the company, very strong in communication, will be able to carry it out, after a more modest Phase 1 test in May.
It now remains to be seen whether the major journey projects proposed as examples of the possibilities of rapid transport connecting the major axes around the world will be able to see the light of day.
