Maglev trains are very real and very practical, but maglev cars? Well, let’s just say they aren’t exactly in their golden age. That hasn’t stopped researchers at China’s Southwest Jiaotong University ...

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China’s latest maglev experiment is not just a laboratory stunt, it is a blunt demonstration of how far the country is ...

Researchers from the Southwest Jiaotong University in China have developed cars that use magnetic levitation technology to float above a track. The eight vehicles were recently tested in Jiangsu along ...

China has just completed the road test for their first-ever maglev vehicle, as reported by South China Morning Post. The vehicle was developed by researchers from Southwest Jiaotong University in ...

China is racing to build a new kind of train that does not just rival jetliners, it threatens to redefine what “high speed” even means on land. Engineers are now testing a magnetic levitation system ...

Last year, China’s state-owned railway company (CRRC) unveiled a new high-speed maglev train concept with a touted top speed of 373 miles per hour. One year on, the project appears to be chugging ...

Taking the train through China is about to get a lot more interesting—and about 100 mph faster. Late last week in Shandong province, state-owned rail company China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation ...

Goodyear imagines the future tire could be a sphere connected to the car by magnetic levitation. Its tread pattern would stiffen in dry weather. The car could drive sideways to make parallel parking a ...

China has unveiled a prototype maglev train capable of speeds of up to 372 mph (600 kph). The train has been built by the state-run China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) and following ...

A new train capable of hitting speeds of 600 km/h (373 mph) was unveiled today in the Chinese city of Qingdao. It’s being touted as the fastest form of ground transportation on Earth. Developed by the ...