Dubai: Virgin Hyperloop One at the Dubai Motor Show provided the audience with a glimpse of a high tech passenger pod.
The passenger pod is designed with a top speed of 1,220 kilometres per hour and is hoping to wow potential passengers.
The Los Angeles-based company recently announced it will be building a 35-kilometre test track in Saudi Arabia.
"What we will have is infotainment systems that will allow you to have tailor-made infotainment experience, information at the fingertips of your hands when you're travelling," explains Harj Dhaliwal, managing director of Hyperloop One's Middle East and India operation.
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"So, this technology is no longer theoretical, it's actually proven and it's there. We've shown the world it can be done," he added.
It will serve as a mode of cargo and people transportation which involves levitating pods powered by electricity and magnetism that hurtle through low-friction pipes at top speed.
The company has already tested a prototype pod 'Devloop' in July 2017 in the Nevada desert. And now it has completed 400 tests.
Hyperloop One is locked in a race with Hyperloop TT, another firm based in Los Angeles, to build the world's first mass transit Hyperloop.
Hyperloop TT announced in April 2018 it planned to build a test track within a 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) property near Abu Dhabi's border with Dubai. They also have deals in place in Ukraine and China.
