13-05-2016 07:42 via indianexpress.com

Hyperloop One sled speeds through US desert via electromagnets

Hyperloop One is a vision to send pods holding passengers and cargo inside giant vacuum tubes between Los Angeles and San Francisco
A car-sized sled powered by electromagnets rocketed to more than 100 miles (160 kph) an hour through the Nevada desert on Wednesday in what the Los Angeles company developing the technology said was the first successful test of a futurist transit system called hyperloop.
Hyperloop One is among several companies competing to bring to life a technical vision by Elon
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