Sep 13, 2022
This Canadian company wants to build a train-plane ‘hybrid’ that can go 620 miles per hour—take a look
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: Elon Musk, energy, transportation
Move over, Elon Musk and Richard Branson: A Canadian company wants to join the fight for better high-speed train travel.
Toronto-based TransPod recently unveiled plans for a “FluxJet,” a fully-electric transportation system that’s “a hybrid between an aircraft and a train.” The project, currently in the conceptual stage, would involve 82-foot-long, magnetically levitated trains that would carry passengers at roughly 621 miles per hour.