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"The Shanghai maglev is the world's first commercial high-speed maglev and has a maximum cruising speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). Prior to May 2021 the cruising sp
by byearthithatius 2y ago
"The Shanghai maglev is the world's first commercial high-speed maglev and has a maximum cruising speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). Prior to May 2021 the cruising speed was 431 km/h (268 mph)..."
That is right around 500 KM/H. I think we are technologically capable of this if a government really _wanted_.
- m4rtink 2y agoThe Chuo Shinkansen is currently being built for a 505 km/h maximum speed & does use supercomducting magnets for that: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Shinkansen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Shinkansen
- byearthithatius 2y agoOh NICE! See we basically did it:) Good job, humans.
- melling 2y ago“Planned opening 2034 or later.”