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Q. What is the (still-theoretical) HYPERLOOP of the future?
A. It's a transportation system of magnetically levitating pods that would carry passengers & cargo through a nearly-airless transit tube at ultra-fast speeds with minimal air pollution. The theoretical maximum speed would be 700 miles-per-hour.
The following video is "Hyperloop Explained"; The first 4 minutes can be skipped, as the Virgin Hyperloop system begins at @ 4' :
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Snippets from: https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/08/v...gy-at-new-west-virginia-certification-center/
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Snippets from: https://www.reuters.com/article/vir...est-high-speed-transport-system-idUSKBN26U08Y
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Slideshow of renderings of West Virginia facility:
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A. It's a transportation system of magnetically levitating pods that would carry passengers & cargo through a nearly-airless transit tube at ultra-fast speeds with minimal air pollution. The theoretical maximum speed would be 700 miles-per-hour.
The following video is "Hyperloop Explained"; The first 4 minutes can be skipped, as the Virgin Hyperloop system begins at @ 4' :
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Snippets from: https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/08/v...gy-at-new-west-virginia-certification-center/
Before now, Virgin Hyperloop has been developing and testing its hyperloop technology at its full-scale proving ground in North Las Vegas. The company created a 500-meter long “development loop” for running its tests, and performed its first full-scale system test in 2017. This new [West Virginia] facility will be used specifically for certification, but will involve similar large-scale systems testing and involve “thousands” of new jobs created, according to the company.
Virgin Hyperloop ultimately hopes to fully safety certify its system by 2025, and then ultimately enter into commercial operation with a real system by 2030, if all goes well.
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Snippets from: https://www.reuters.com/article/vir...est-high-speed-transport-system-idUSKBN26U08Y
Federal regulators will use the center, and accompanying six-mile test track, to establish regulatory and safety standards, while Virgin will test its product and infrastructure.
The announcement comes less than three months after the Transportation Department published guidance on a regulatory framework for U.S. hyperloop systems.
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Slideshow of renderings of West Virginia facility:

Virgin Hyperloop to build certification center in West Virginia
Virgin Hyperloop has settled on a location for a new facility that will serve as a key stepping stone in the development of its next-generation transport system in the US. The Hyperloop Certification Center is to be built in West Virginia and will play host to the company’s testing and…

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