Maglev trains are very real and very practical, but maglev cars? Well, let’s just say they aren’t exactly in their golden age. That hasn’t stopped researchers at China’s Southwest Jiaotong University ...

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Why it matters: When people discuss maglev technology, it usually concerns train systems where it is known for allowing incredible speeds. Recent tests have explored the potential advantages maglev ...

Taking inspiration from the floating trains that travel at incredible speeds, researchers from China have now tested Maglev cars that float above dedicated magnetic highways. Hovering 3.5 centimeters ...

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 ...

China’s latest boundary-pushing train doesn’t need electricity to run. The country has just unveiled Red Rail, the world’s first suspended maglev train, reports the South China Morning Post. Unlike ...

Maglev transportation systems utilise magnetic levitation to eliminate mechanical contact between the vehicle and the guideway, thereby reducing friction and wear while enabling exceptionally ...

Goodyear imagines the future tire could be a sphere connected to the car by magnetic levitation. Its tread pattern would stiffen in dry weather. The car could drive sideways to make parallel parking a ...

China Maglev Train: Chinese scientists working on the country's futuristic high-speed maglev train project have claimed to have solve a "critical flaw", in the Hyperloop concept proposed in a 2013 ...