'Hyperloop' sled speeds through U.S. desert via electromagnets
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 20:10
in Earth & Climate
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Reuters) - 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.