Zooming into the future: Hyperloop One tests pod, successfully clocks 310 kmph

Answer: Virgin Hyperloop.

Hyperloop One's prototype pod successfully ran as fast as 310 kilometres per hour on July 29, the company announced on Wednesday.

According to the company, the pod zoomed across in a 500-meter-long tube, out of which only 300-meters of stator was used for propulsion. It was the  fastest test yet for the new mode of transportation currently under development.

The test was carried out using the prototype passenger pod for the first time, making Hyperloop One the first company to have a full-scale Hyperloop system.

The tube at DevLoop testing facility in Nevada, USA was nearly airless after it was depressurized to the "equivalent of air at 200,000 feet above sea level," the company said in a blog post.

In a blog written by the company's co-founders Josh Giegel and Shervin Pishevar said "You can hear the sound of the Hyperloop. That is the sound of the future of public transportation."

In May, Hyperloop One had successfully completed the first full-scale test of the technology at the same site. The test had proven the workability after the test vehicle travelled at a speed of roughly 102 kilometres per hour) for a short distance.

Hyperloop is being pitched as a new means of transportation wherein passengers and cargo will travel in pods at near supersonic speeds. The pods will use electromagnetic propulsion and magnetic levitation technology (mag-lev) inside their nearly airless tubes, to travel at a speed of more than 1126 kmph - faster than the Boeing 747.

The Los Angeles-based company had in May also announced that it is in talks with the Indian government to partially build and operate the vehicle on some of the major routes of the country.