Hyperloop pod carries two humans through a tube at over 160 kmph for the first time ever

Virgin Hyperloop announced that for the first time it has conducted a test of its ultra-fast transportation system with human passengers.

The Hyperloop pod carries two humans through a tube at over 160 Kmph for the first time ever.

“For the past few years, the Virgin Hyperloop team has been working on turning its groundbreaking technology into reality,” said Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group. “With today’s successful test, we have shown that this spirit of innovation will in fact change the way people everywhere live, work, and travel in the years to come.”

This makes Virgin Hyperloop the only company on the planet to have successfully tested this technology so far. And the company’s CTO, Josh Geigel, and Director of Passenger Experience Sara Luchian are officially the first two people to have experienced the new form of ultra-fast transportation.

“This is not like some crazy, newfangled science fiction invention,” Luchian told The Verge in an interview several days before the test. “This is something that reminds me of a place that I’ve been and I’ve used many times, that I would feel comfortable putting grandma in and sending her on a visit somewhere.”