Stefan Mileschin

High Speed transportation in West Virginia

Virgin Hyperloop One announced its plan to build a $500 million certification center to advance its vision of the future of high-speed transportation in West Virginia. The state will serve as a locus for testing, developing, and validating the technology that underpins the still theoretical hyperloop system.

So far there is no fully functional hyperloop in the world, and it has never been tested with human passengers. But the federal government has recently laid out the framework for regulating the hyperloop, giving hope to companies like Virgin Hyperloop One that it may eventually break ground on a full sized operational hyperloop system.

On the downside it will have to raise millions of dollars in funding, acquire enormous tracts of land, and certify that the hyperloop can be operated safely. We are not sure you will see it in our lifetimes.

Beardy founder of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, said that the certification center is a first step toward that goal.

https://fudzilla.com/news/automotive...ication-centre