KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 -- The European Commission (EC) has just released the European Union (EU) Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and hyperloop is explicitly identified as a game-changing mobility technology.
The strategy and action plan outline how the EU will reduce transit-related greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2050 as part of the Green Deal and ensure that the EU has clean, fast, smart, and accessible mobility systems for all.
“I applaud the European Commission for its bold and ambitious climate strategy,” said Virgin Group Founder, Sir Richard Branson in a statement.
“I believe Virgin Hyperloop can play a strong role in helping to achieve Europe’s sustainability goals by offering a system that has zero direct emissions and will transform the way people travel across the continent.”
By combining an ultra-efficient electric motor, magnetic levitation, and a low-drag environment, hyperloop systems can carry more people than a subway, at airline speeds, and with zero direct emissions.
With the goal to be safety certified by 2025 and begin commercial operations by 2030, the 100 per cent electric Virgin Hyperloop system could play a key role in helping achieve the European Green Deal’s climate-neutrality objective.
Virgin Hyperloop is the only company that has successfully tested hyperloop technology with passengers, launching the first new mode of mass transportation in over a century.
-- BERNAMA
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