A new, faster generation of driverless magnetic levitation trains is set to debut in China as early as 2020, according to state media
But those dreaming of eye-wateringly fast, record-breaking bullet trains will have to sit tight.Built and developed independently in China by CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotives Co. Ltd., they will be the company's third generation of medium-low-speed maglev trains.The newly developed maglev prototype will run at a speed of 200 kph -- 40 kph faster than the 2.0 version and double the speed of the 1.0 version.
While the 1.0 version has been running in Changsha -- capital city of China's Hunan Province -- for two years, thein that city. Neither of those trains is capable of driving without a human controller, unlike the new version. In addition to the maglev system in Changsha, Beijing added the capital city's first medium-low-speed maglev train to one of its subway lines within the city in late 2017Joining the exclusive maglev club
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