The head of the Virgin Hyperloop transport system says the company aims to begin carrying passengers by 2027. Josh Giegel helped start the company and is its chief executive officer. He made the comments to a Reuters reporter at the company’s development and testing center near Las Vegas, Nevada. The Virgin Hyperloop system is based on a technology called magnetic levitation. It uses magnetic fields to lift a vehicle off the ground a little and to push it forward. Some high-speed trains also use this technology. But unlike trains, a Hyperloop is designed to operate within tubes containing very little air. Electric propulsion moves vehicles, called pods, through the tubes at high speeds. The system offers nearly silent travel and reportedly releases no carbon emissions. Last November, Giegel rode inside a Virgin Hyperloop pod along with another company official during the system’s first test with passengers. The company said the vehicle reached a top speed of 172 kilometers per hour in that test. But Virgin Hyperloop says the system’s pods are designed to move at much higher speeds, up to 1,200 kilometers per hour. It says such a vehicle could complete a trip between New York and Washington, D.C. in 30 minutes. That would be two times as fast as a jet flight and four times faster than a high-speed train. It will feel like an aircraft at take-off and once you're at speed, Giegel told Reuters. You won't even have turbulence because our system is…completely able to react to all of that turbulence.” The pods will seat 28 passengers and could be specially designed to travel long or short distances, or to carry goods, the company said. While the system is still in early development, Giegel predicted that commercial operations could start as early as 2027. Virgin Hyperloop is looking to first develop passenger systems in India, where the transport system is overcrowded, and in Saudi Arabia, which lacks infrastructure.
Title: Virgin Hyperloop Aims to Start Carrying Passengers by 2027
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5077/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Virgin Hyperloop Aims to Start Carrying Passengers by 2027' data-article-id='5644'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13479'>The head of the Virgin Hyperloop transport system says the company aims to begin carrying passengers by 2027.</span> <span data-start-time='13479' data-end-time='20979'>Josh Giegel helped start the company and is its chief executive officer. </span> <span data-start-time='20979' data-end-time='32271'>He made the comments to a Reuters reporter at the company’s development and testing center near Las Vegas, Nevada.</span> <span data-start-time='32271' data-end-time='41646'>The Virgin Hyperloop system is based on a technology called magnetic levitation. </span> <span data-start-time='41646' data-end-time='51833'>It uses magnetic fields to lift a vehicle off the ground a little and to push it forward.</span> <span data-start-time='51833' data-end-time='57375'>Some high-speed trains also use this technology. </span> <span data-start-time='57375' data-end-time='68188'>But unlike trains, a Hyperloop is designed to operate within tubes containing very little air.</span> <span data-start-time='68188' data-end-time='77104'>Electric propulsion moves vehicles, called pods, through the tubes at high speeds. </span> <span data-start-time='77104' data-end-time='86167'>The system offers nearly silent travel and reportedly releases no carbon emissions.</span> <span data-start-time='86167' data-end-time='100438'>Last November, Giegel rode inside a Virgin Hyperloop pod along with another company official during the system’s first test with passengers. </span> <span data-start-time='100438' data-end-time='111813'>The company said the vehicle reached a top speed of 172 kilometers per hour in that test.</span> <span data-start-time='111813' data-end-time='125896'>But Virgin Hyperloop says the system’s pods are designed to move at much higher speeds, up to 1,200 kilometers per hour. </span> <span data-start-time='125896' data-end-time='135771'>It says such a vehicle could complete a trip between New York and Washington, D.C. in 30 minutes. </span> <span data-start-time='135771' data-end-time='145438'>That would be two times as fast as a jet flight and four times faster than a high-speed train.</span> <span data-start-time='145438' data-end-time='154583'>It will feel like an aircraft at take-off and once you're at speed, Giegel told Reuters. </span> <span data-start-time='154583' data-end-time='164813'>You won't even have turbulence because our system is…completely able to react to all of that turbulence.”</span> <span data-start-time='164813' data-end-time='178979'>The pods will seat 28 passengers and could be specially designed to travel long or short distances, or to carry goods, the company said.</span> <span data-start-time='178979' data-end-time='192438'>While the system is still in early development, Giegel predicted that commercial operations could start as early as 2027. </span> <span data-start-time='192438' data-end-time='208750'>Virgin Hyperloop is looking to first develop passenger systems in India, where the transport system is overcrowded, and in Saudi Arabia, which lacks infrastructure.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button 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