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China's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel. (robbreport.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The idea is to compete with planes because making them climate friendly is a damn hard problem to solve and China has a lot of domestic flights. When you put it in that context, the economic cost makes more sense.

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