Virgin Hyperloop co-founder says commercial trips could start in 2027

Driving the future of sustainable mobility.

Driving the future of sustainable mobility.

The American transport tech company Virgin Hyperloop expects to make it happen by 2027, co-founder and Chief Executive Josh Giegel told Reuters. .

The company is developing tech for passenger pods that will reach a speed up to 1,200 kilometers through almost air-free vacuum tunnels using magnetic levitation.

Virgin Hyperloop is not alone in the race to revolutionize travel, especially since Elon Musk reignited interest in the system back in 2013

Virgin Hyperloop will make its first routes in India and Saudi Arabia, where the transport systems are overloaded or underdeveloped

To offer a glimpse in the future, a hyperloop promises to reduce the three-and-a-half-hour trip from Mumbai to Pune to just 35 minutes