A High-speed Hyperloop train that travels at a speed of 700mph connecting Dubai with Abu
Dhabi is set to reduce the travel time from the current 90 minutes to just 12 minutes.
This work of innovative technology that uses vacuum tube-based transport is estimated to save$800 million in lost working hours.
Dubai Media office tweeted a video of first pod prototype of Dubai’s latest Hyperloop- that is ajet on wheels travelling at the speed of 1,200 kph (about 745 mph).
.@Seeker: A look at the first pod prototype for #Dubai’s proposed 700mph Hyperloop. Travel time from Dubai to Abu Dhabi would take just 12 minutes, compared to an hour & a half otherwise. That would save an estimated $800 million in lost working hours. pic.twitter.com/itk8v0Fhay
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) June 23, 2018
The Dubai Media Office released a couple of other related tweets as below:
.@TheEconomist: #Dubai is building a “Mars City†to study how humans might live on the red planet. It is experimenting with driverless pods as well as a “hyperloop†to transport people and goods in pods at high speed through the region. pic.twitter.com/EsCoq4AnpX
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) June 23, 2018
.@TheEconomist: #Dubai has the world’s tallest building, its busiest airport by international passengers and the busiest container port between Singapore and Rotterdam. It is building the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant. pic.twitter.com/SEhnYzi0OM
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) June 23, 2018
In April, DP world (Dubai based Ports operator) announced it would partner up with Virgin
Hyperloop One to build ultra-high-speed cargo delivery systems around the world.
This newly merged company would be named as DP World Cargospeed.The announcement was made in front of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid AlMaktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Richard Branson,the British entrepreneur who is chairman of Virgin Hyperloop One, and Sultan Ahmad BinSulayem, the chairman and CEO of DP World.
