China is working on a system to rival Elon Musk’s Hyperloop.The high-speed train is capable of reaching the incredible top speed of 387 mph – or 623 km/h.
The project is funded and run by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a state-owned aerospace company that makes rockets, satellites and spacecraft.
For this test, China’s answer to Hyperloop took off from the city of Datong in the Shanxi province in Northern China on a 1.2-mile test course. The train relies on magnetic levitation, or ‘maglev’ for short, which provides a dual advantage when compared to more ‘traditional’ systems.
