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China on Thursday rolled off the production line a prototype magnetic-levitation train with a designed top speed of 600 km per hour in the eastern city of Qingdao.
The debut of China's first high-speed maglev train testing prototype marks a major breakthrough for the country in the high-speed maglev transit system.
The testing prototype, which has one car only, can check and optimize the key technologies and core system components of the high-speed maglev system and lay a technological basis for the forthcoming engineering prototype, said Ding Sansan, head of the train's research and development team and deputy chief engineer of CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., the train builder.
China is the third-largest country in the world by area. If they successfully implement a high-speed rail network, will American objections to scale finally be overcome?
(Score: 3, Funny) by fustakrakich on Sunday May 26 2019, @05:42AM (3 children)
A maglev train rolled off the production line?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Funny) by krishnoid on Sunday May 26 2019, @05:52AM
It's just a prototype, so it still had training wheels.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Username on Sunday May 26 2019, @07:58AM (1 child)
Yes. My understanding is that all maglevs have wheels on the underside. That way it doesn't go airborne over a bump or crash and burn when the power gets shutoff. So, yeah, they do roll on occasion.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Monday May 27 2019, @09:06PM
Most of us understand that, being that forward motion is necessary for levitation in most systems. They're working on that.
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La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..