Elon Musk's Hyperloop dream becomes one step closer to reality
Updated: 2016-05-13 07:58
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LAS VEGAS - Fifty kilometers north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the middle of the desert, Elon Musk's vision of transporting people at around 700 miles per hour, or 1,126 kilometers per hour, is one major step closer to reality.
On Wednesday morning, dozens of investors, partners and media representatives assembled on metal risers watched a test vehicle rocket along a straight track, which is built by a Los Angeles-based startup Hyperloop One.
That is the first public peek at what engineers are calling a "propulsion open-air test" (POAT) of Hyperloop One's transportation technology, which will potentially change the future of transit along the way.
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