September 11, 2022
...AND CHEAPER...:
This Canadian company wants to build a train-plane 'hybrid' that can go 620 miles per hour--take a look (Tom Huddleston Jr., 9/11/22, CNBC)
Toronto-based TransPod recently unveiled plans for a "FluxJet," a fully-electric transportation system that's "a hybrid between an aircraft and a train." The project, currently in the conceptual stage, would involve 82-foot-long, magnetically levitated trains that would carry passengers at roughly 621 miles per hour.That's faster than a commercial jet, and roughly three times the speed of most high-speed trains -- with zero emissions, no less. The FluxJet would rely on "contactless power transmission," where the train would pull power from the existing electric grid through magnetic fields, the company says.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 11, 2022 12:09 PM