Canada FluxJet hyperloop of this start-up, could "fly" at 1,000 km/h on rails.
The project would reduce Canadian CO2 emissions by 636,000 tonnes per year.
Traveling at more than 1,000 km/h on earth may soon no longer be a dream. The Canadian start-up Transpod recently unveiled its hyperloop project, a frictionless train guided by magnetic rails. The principle is simple. To reach such a speed, the train will be suspended thanks to powerful magnets, Korii explained on August 4.
Canada FluxJet hyperloop
The train will be held in a guide track under vacuum, which avoids any friction and heating. Thus protected, the FluxJet, halfway between jet and high-speed train, will be able to exceed the speed of 1,000 km / h. It would therefore be faster than a jet aircraft and three times faster than a TGV. The train will consist of 25 m long wagons, capable of transporting 54 passengers at very high speed or 10 tons per car. The project plans to connect major Canadian cities.
To prove that its project is well advanced, Transpod recently presented a model of its FluxJet in Toronto (Canada) and claims to have raised 550 million US dollars (539 million euros). The only line between Calgary and Edmonton (Canada) is expected to cost $ 18 billion (17.6 billion euros). The goal is to offer fast, affordable and safe travel. FluxJet would reduce Canadian CO2 emissions by 636,000 tons per year with tickets 44% cheaper than for the plane. No launch date has yet been announced.
Canada FluxJet hyperloop comments
- Uh, yes, it's a hyperloop, itself a variant of an old project that has haunted Swiss engineering offices for a good thirty years.
- that's right, more people reinventing hot water... that said, the more competition there will be in this market, the greater the chances of this promising system developing quickly.
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Is the purchasing power bill unconstitutional? More than 60 socialist senators referred three specific articles of the text to the Constitutional Council on Monday. These are Articles 39, 40 and 41. The latter range from 42 euros to "at least 49.5 euros" per megawatt hour (MWh), the regulated price at which EDF is obliged to sell a share of its nuclear electricity to its competitors (Arenh). An obligation for which the government did not vote, but approved by the deputies.
For the senators, the three articles "jointly infringe the law of the European Union, the freedom of entrepreneurship and the constitutional requirements in terms of validation law". According to them, "the fixing of this new price has in no way taken into account 'the economic conditions of electricity production'", as required in 2019 by a previous decision of the Constitutional Council. However, the elected officials observe that "the productive capacity is lower today" due to the "shutdown of some reactors".
They also argue that "the European Commission has in no way approved in writing the increase in the ceiling and the tariff, as required by European Union law". Finally, they point out that "the obligation to sell at a regulated rate", when "EDF is facing historical economic difficulties", "disproportionately affects its (EDF's) freedom to undertake".
