If you were to take a train from Paris, France to Le Havre, France today, the average travel time by train is three hours and five minutes. Imagine if you could do that journey in 30 minutes.
French start up project Spacetrain is hoping to achieve that and more with its revolutionary technology. Powered by hydrogen fuel cells, Spacetrain is an autonomous shuttle, circulating in sustentation by means of air cushions, on a reversed “T” track, with an average speed of 540 km/h.
“Our aim is to reform the conception of mobility,” Emeuric Gleizes, Spacetrain’s CEO, tells gasworld. “Nowadays, the passenger transportation market is changing and we want to offer the best solution in order to respond to cost, speed and environmental problematics.”
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