China has said it wants to ramp up a “ eminent - swiftness flying train ” that will be more than three times faster than Elon Musk ’s Hyperloop .
The exploitation was announced on Wednesday , August 30 by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation ( CASIC ) . CASIC claims its train would be subject of traveling at 4,000 klick ( 2,500 mi ) per hour , 10 times faster than China ’s firm existing bullet train .
Hyperloop , by comparison , promises speeds of a paltry 1,200 kilometers ( 750 miles ) per 60 minutes . Psh .
Like Hyperloop , China ’s proposition involves using magnetic levitation in a near - void subway . CASIC said its system will be the first in the world that can reach supersonic speeds , and they currently have more than 200 patents for the labor .
“ The corporation … has the capableness in simulation , modelling , and experiment for large - scale projects , as well as the creation - class aim capability for ultrasonic aircraft , all of which lie in the important ground for the ace - fast caravan project,”saidChinese state - owned website The Paper .
( Note , some written report say the China Aerospace and Technology Corporation , not CASIC , is developing the projection ) .
The price of developing this flee wagon train system has not yet been revealed . Like Hyperloop , it ’s likely to need billion of dollars of infrastructure to be successful . If the Chinese government is involved , though , the money may well be uncommitted . They ’ve got pretty decent precedent with bear outother large - scale projects , after all .
consort toThe Register , the tracks will be built on pylon above the ground – again like Hyperloop – and carriage will travel at different speeds depending on their purpose . Inter - urban center routes would maneuver at 1,000 klick / total heat ( 620 mph ) , city - to - city routes would accomplish 2,000 km / h ( 1,240 miles per hour ) , and long - aloofness shipment and passenger routes would reach the top speed of 4,000 km / total heat ( 2,500 miles per hour ) .
The Chinese websiteSinasays there would be a connection of vacuum tube built across the country , with turntables used to calculate the pods to their destination . The organisation would run on solar and atomic might , ensuring it is not only fast but clean , too .
China entering the Hyperloop slipstream sure as shooting makes thing interesting . Elon Musk ’s SpaceX pod set a new stop number record of355 km / h(220 mph ) the other day , conform to acompetition they hold , and two other US company are developing the melodic theme , but no one has laid out a proper proposition for progress a full track just yet .
Whether China can beat the US to the punch remains to be check . China already operates one of the world ’s fastest background transportation system with its maglev gear , similar to Japan . Now it seems they want to ensure they stick at the vanguard of rapid transportation .
Your move , Musk .
