Richard Branson's Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world's first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system, the company said on Sunday (November 8), a key safety test for technology it hopes will transform human and cargo transportation. Virgin Hyperloop executives Josh Giegel, its Chief Technology Officer, and Sara Luchian, Director of Passenger Experience, were seen seated in the pod as it hurtled through a vacuum tube at speeds of up to 107 miles per hour (172 km per hour) at the company's DevLoop test site in Las Vegas, Nevada, the company said. In a hyperloop system, which uses magnetic levitation to allow near-silent travel, a trip between New York and Washington would take just 30 minutes. That would be twice as fast as a commercial jet flight and four times faster than a high-speed train. Virgin Hyperloop has previously run over 400 tests without human passengers at the Nevada site. The company is working toward safety certification by 2025 and commercial operations by 2030, it has said. ........................................................................................ Follow Us: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVraSltSET7CHmEulDTqMXA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/newzeepk Twitter: https://twitter.com/newzeepk Watch "Princess Leonor, Spain's future queen, delivers her first speech with ENG SUBs" https://youtu.be/OuCclSJLIxI Check out our playlists to view the latest videos and don't forget to subscribe to the NEWZEE YouTube channel for daily video updates. Must Share Your Thought in Comments!