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Creating a history in the world of transportation, Virgin Hyperloop has successfully tested human travel in a hyperloop pod for the first time.
The test took place at the company's DevLoop test track in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday and first two passengers were Virgin Hyperloop's CTO and co-founder Josh Giegel and director of passenger experience, Sara Luchian.
“For the past few years, the Virgin Hyperloop team has been working on turning its ground breaking technology into reality,” said Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group.
The test took place at Virgin Hyperloop's 500 meter DevLoop test site in Las Vegas, where the company has previously run over 400 unoccupied tests.
"I can't tell you how often I get asked, is hyperloop safe?'" said Jay Walder, CEO of Virgin Hyperloop.
The occupants made their maiden voyage on the newly-unveiled XP-2 vehicle, designed by BIG e Bjarke Ingels Group and Kilo Design, which was custom-built with occupant safety and comfort in mind.
While the production vehicle will be larger and seat up to 28 passengers, the two-seater XP-2 vehicle was built to demonstrate that passengers can in fact safely travel in a hyperloop vehicle.
Last month, Virgin Hyperloop unveiled West Virginia as the location for the Hyperloop Certification Center (HCC).
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