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Europe’s record-breaking hyperloop hits 88-mile milestone at blazing 303 mph | Tests hit a milestone, simulating an 88-mile hyperloop journey on a 7.3-mile track, reaching 303.4 mph, scaled to 25.3 mph in low-pressure tests.
In Europe’s first operational Hyperloop facility, researchers completed a record-breaking vacuum capsule test, simulating an 88-mile journey.
The test was conducted by a team that included personnel from EPFL, the School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD), and Swisspod Technologies as part of the Linear Induction Motor Drive for Traction and Levitation in Sustainable Hyperloop Systems (LIMITLESS) project. “By leveraging this knowledge, we were able to integrate levitation and propulsion functionalities into a single motor with very high energy conversion efficiency,” said Mario Paolone, professor at EPFL’s Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory, in a statement. The testing infrastructure at EPFL has a diameter of 40 centimeters and a circumference of 125.6 meters (412 feet).With this strategic approach, the engineering and research team may achieve rapid iterations and cost-effective development by gradually progressing the technology in controlled, reduced-scale settings.
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