Hyperloop One successfully completes its first test run

Hyperloop One has announced that on May 12th it successfully completed its first full-scale test run. The high-speed transit system, first envisioned by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, hit 70 miles per hour in a vacuum, at the company's Nevada testing facility.

This test was part of a multi-phase program that will now target speeds of 250 mph and eventually transporting cargo and passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco at 700 mph.

Hyperloop One uses a linear electric motor to accelerate and deaccelerate an electromagnetically levitated pod through a low-pressure tube. The vehicle can move silently for miles at a speed of over 700 mph with no turbulence. The entire system is designed to be autonomous, quiet and on-demand and carry both cargo and human passengers at near supersonic speeds.

Hyperloop One shared a video of its successful test run.

Hyperloop Co-founder Shervin Pishevar said in a statement,"Hyperloop One has accomplished what no one has done before by successfully testing the first full-scale Hyperloop system. By achieving full vacuum, we essentially invented our own sky in a tube, as if you’re flying at 200,000 feet in the air.”

Hyperloop One began construction of its 500-metre-long test track "DevLoop" in October 2016, which became operational only this April. The company says it will continue the test runs at DevLoop to validate its next generation components and software.