Germany’s decision to grant its first operating license for maglev trains represents a pivotal moment for transportation innovation in Europe. With increasing pressure on urban infrastructure, the ...

Mankind has been obsessed with speed ever since the horse carriage was invented. Come 2022, and we have quite a few supercars that can hit the magical 300-mph (483-kph) mark. The same goes for trains, ...

In China, a new “sky train” system glides 33 feet above street level without using any electricity or fuel at all. The 2,600-foot-long, 88-passenger Red Rail in southern China’s Xingguo country is the ...

China is pushing maglev technology into vacuum-tube territory with a system targeting 1,000 km/h—fast enough to rival air travel without the airport hassle. This video breaks down how it works, what ...

China is racing to build a new kind of train that does not just rival jetliners, it threatens to redefine what “high speed” ...

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 ...

A proposed $10-billion high-speed rail route between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. using magnetic levitation (maglev) is under fire from the Maryland city's officials, who cite its lack of detail, ...

People driving to and from California this and last week may have seen work crews in the Interstate 15 median and on some highway shoulders surveying the landscape and taking core samples. It’s the ...

LATHEN, Germany -- Investigators were trying to determine today if controllers performed all the necessary safety checks before a high-speed magnetic train crashed into a maintenance vehicle, killing ...

In the 21st century, the global transportation landscape is in shift. Politicians, engineers, and planners all want to move more people, more quickly, more cleanly. Amid the frenzy of innovative ...