China completes superconducting test run for 1,000km/h (621MPH) ultra high-speed maglev train

[lightbright]

China has completed a superconducting test run for its ultra high-speed train that aims for speeds of up to 1,000km/h (621mph) in a low-vacuum tube. If successful, it will become the fastest means of on-ground transport. The “T-Flight” will someday carry passengers and cargo between mega cities in China. The team had previously tested at speeds of 623km/h (387mph), under non-vacuum conditions.

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[lightbright]

China launches world’s first maglev ‘sky train’ that floats in the air using permanent magnets​

China has launched the world’s first suspended maglev line built with permanent magnets that can keep a “sky train" afloat forever, even when it is not being supplied with power. The 800-metre (2,600-foot) experimental Red Rail in southern China’s Xingguo county, Jiangxi province, used powerful magnets rich in rare earth elements to produce a constantly repelling force strong enough to lift a train with 88 passengers in the air. Unlike most existing maglev lines, the suspended rail operates about 10 metres above the ground. There is no physical contact with the rail as the train moves underneath the rail at a speed of 80km/h (50mph).

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[dade305]

... and where is all magnet material coming from?

 

[34real]

Their going to have to run that train a lot more a bunch of years

 

[Flawless]

Our busses have free wifi

 

[SPECTRE1]

Their going to have to run that train a lot more a bunch of years

Chinese anger over alleged cover-up of high-speed rail crash

Authorities accused of muzzling media coverage after crash in Zhejiang province kills at least 38 people and injures 192

www.theguardian.com

 

[darth frosty]

Meanwhile in 'murikkka

 

[knightmelodic]

Their technology sucks ass. There will be multiple accidents with horrific deaths. But the chinese military government views the population as expendable.

It'll be a thing but only in china. Nobody else trusts their tech.

Let me amend that, no country that isn't desperate will fuck with their tech.

 

[Coldchi]

that shit is gonna fly right off the flat earth

 

[Tha Baldavenger]

Meanwhile in 'murikkka

I remember when this episode first came out

 

[LennyNero1972]

Good luck to them.

 

[housefly]

Their technology sucks ass. There will be multiple accidents with horrific deaths. But the chinese military government views the population as expendable.

It'll be a thing but only in china. Nobody else trusts their tech.

Let me amend that, no country that isn't desperate will fuck with their tech.

I agree but at least them motherfuckers are trying and meanwhile we got Amtrak. WTF