On a short stretch of track in northern China, a heavy block of engineering briefly moved with the urgency of a launched projectile. In a test that prioritised hardware limits over passenger comfort, ...

New Delhi: Speed enthusiasts, brace yourselves! A video of China’s Maglev train racing past at mind-boggling speed is going viral on social media. In the clip, onlookers can barely catch a glimpse of ...

When you see the Japanese L0 Series maglev train at full speed, it can be hard to spot the potential (extremely costly) failure. Some of that is down to speed. Propelled by superconducting magnets, a ...

The newly developed maglev prototype will run at a speed of 200 kph – 40 kph faster than the 2.0 version and double the speed of the 1.0 version. When finished, the trains will be the fastest ...

This is double the speed of current maglev trains. According to Shen Zhiyun, academic member of CAS and CAE, China should target the development of high-speed ground transportation with 600 to 1,000 ...

SAN FRANCISCO – In a white-board world, hyperloop sounds ideal. Take a sleek pod, place it in a vacuum-sealed tube and let it float frictionless above its rails using tested magnetic levitation, or ...

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The People's Republic plans to stick a MagLev train inside a vacuum tube and shoot it way past the sound barrier. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy ...