HighSpeed

Riding at high-speeds can be thrilling but it is extremely dangerous. Here a KTM RC200 rider taking a corner at high-speed, fails and crashes into the field. Here is what happened. The video first shows the crash site. Then there is a clip of exactly how the rider crashed into the fields. The footage from the helmet-mounted camera of the rider shows him takin the corner at a really high-speed. However, the bike understeers and then the rider fixates upon a spot and keeps on riding straight into it. There was a pillion…

In a similar move, BMW Group disclosed in December that it had obtained a test license for L3 self-driving on high-speed roads in Shanghai. Meanwhile, Mercedes Benz revealed its plans to conduct L3 tests on specified highways in Beijing. Updated On Dec 29,…

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In 2013, Elon Musk published a white paper that teased the idea of zipping from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 35 minutes through a vacuum-sealed tube — a system he called hyperloop. The idea “originated out of his hatred for California’s proposed high-speed rail system,” according to his biographer Ashlee Vance. Ten years later, the most high-profile startup that tried to follow in Musk’s footsteps — Hyperloop One — is closing its doors. And the news of its demise broke less than two…

Once considered to be the future of transportation, Hyperloop One is packing its bags. According to a report, the high-speed freight transportation company will shut down by the end of this year.Citing people familiar with the matter, a report by Bloomberg says that Hyperloop One has failed to win any contract to build a working hyperloop. The Los-Angeles-based firm completed the world's first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system in 2020.It will reportedly sell off its remaining assets and terminate…

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President Biden on Friday will announce $8.2 billion in funding for 10 passenger rail projects, including a high-speed rail system connecting Nevada and California.  Biden will travel to Las Vegas on Friday to make the announcement. He is then set to go to Los Angeles on Friday night and stay through Sunday. The funding comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law’s overall $66 billion investment in rail and Biden, as of Friday, has designated $30 billion for rail projects from that funding. The Brightline…

Brightline West, a future electric high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, is being awarded $3 billion by the Biden administration. The $3 billion in funding, part of $6 billion previously earmarked for high-speed rail, has come from the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of its Federal-State Partnership Program. (The other $3 billion will go to the public high-speed Los Angeles to San Francisco rail project.) Brightline West will be a privately owned,…

A high-speed rail project between the Inland Empire and Las Vegas landed a $3-billion federal grant that sets it on track to be open by 2028, in time for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, officials said Tuesday. Brightline, a private company that opened an intercity rail line connecting Miami and Orlando, Fla., this year, secured the U.S. Department of Transportation grant as part of the historic infrastructure package, Nevada‘s U.S. senators said. The rest of the funds for the $12-billion project are expected to be…

High-speed driving can put you into a lot of trouble and here is a video that shows exactly why. The incident was recorded on a CCTV camera. The incident in Maharashtra shows a Volkswagen Virtus flipping after a high-speed accident. The CCTV footage shows the Volkswagen Virtus doing a decent speed. However, it seems like that the driver did not see the speed breaker hump. The driver lost control of the car after the Volkswagen Virtus passed over the speed breaker at a high speed. After the Virtus hit the divider at a…