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China's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel. (robbreport.com)

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

After everything I've seen with tofu-dreg construction like that bridge collapsing this last week, I think I'll pass on riding a nearly supersonic Chinese train.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I think china's level of jank is a pretty broad spectrum. It might be safe, but yeah, fuck that. If that thing fails you'll be able to see that shit from space lol.