Future Mumbai - Virgin Hyperloop presents Passenger Experience

When Elon Musk first described the Hyperloop concept back in 2012, he spoke of a new mode of mass transportation that would cut travel time significantly. With speeds of up to 600 miles per hour, a trip from L.A. to San Francisco would be complete in under 45 minutes; Stockholm to Helsinki in about 30. Nearly 10 years later, Virgin Hyperloop—one of several companies working on hyperloop technology—is closing in on making the future of travel less futuristic.

Designing an entirely new form of mass transit, of course, is just as complex, if not more so, than making it function. “It’s about far more than getting from one place to another, but it is also that,” says Sara Luchian, head of passenger experience at Virgin Hyperloop, which gave AD an exclusive first look at the design and architecture involved in creating the Hyperloop “pods.” “There’s no question that some people will ride for the novelty, but we have to assume that people will ride more than once. And in that case, you don’t want bells and whistles every day. We had to balance what we could have created with what we should create. When people are putting faith in new technology they’re not accustomed to, they don’t necessarily want to feel impressed. They want to feel familiar.”

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