Iteco 2013
Holland Transport

News

17 Gen 2018

China enters the hyperloop race

Transportonline
hyperloop_race_china

Getting the One Belt, One Road projects completed and connecting Eurasia through railway infrastructure projects is a priority.

 

Even though hyperloop has not yet been officially launched in mainstream transportation systems in the United States, it has piqued the interest of the Chinese government enough to consider a 16-man passenger pod system using the Maglev technology, the Handy Shipping Guide reports, in a project undertaken by the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).

 

CASIC is China’s equivalent to NASA. Its earlier projects included “space age weaponry and intercontinental ballistic rocketry,” projects more similar with Elon Musk brainchild SpaceX. CASIC’s yet to be named pod-based transportation project is projected to run up to 750 mph. The enterprise went as far as registering two hundred patents for the system. The ultimate goal is to transport passengers at 2,300 mph.

 

The Chinese project has a big advantage over projects by Musk and current Virgin Hyperloop One chairman Richard Branson because of fewer governmental regulations as it is the Chinese government itself funding the transportation initiative.

 

Commuter transport is mentioned in the report, but freight and logistics were not specifically mentioned. CASIC said it is starting small in terms of the number of passengers. The need to get the One Belt, One Road projects completed and connecting Eurasia through railway infrastructure projects is a priority. Read more

 

 

Source: FREIGHT WAVES

 

 

transportonline

Pubbliconsult Multimedia
VAT N.: 04977270018

© Copyright 1996 - Credits - Sitemap - transportonline.com