In Jinan City, Shandong Province, east China, the “Electromagnetic Sled,” the first ground testing facility for electromagnetic ultra-high-speed propulsion, has started operations. The facility sets the highest speed benchmark for high-mass ultra-high-speed electromagnetic propulsion technology with a maximum propulsion speed of 1,030 km/h for items weighing one tonne or more. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the government of Shandong Province, and the administration of Jinan City are working together on a significant strategic initiative.
Electromagnetic Propulsion Tech Is A Major Breakthrough
The research team from the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved strides in several crucial core technologies throughout the design and construction of the electromagnetic facility, and several technical indicators have reached the highest levels in the world. Another first in high-speed rail technology belongs to China. China is currently testing a considerably faster system that supposedly travels at over 80% of the speed of sound after operating the fastest commercial maglev train in the world since 2003.
The train, also known as an “Electromagnetic Propulsion sled,” can travel at a top speed of 1,030 km/h (640 mph). That is significantly greater than the Shanghai Transrapid maglev train, which travels to and from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at a top speed of 431 km/h on a 30-kilometer elevated track. The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Electrical Engineering is working with the local and provincial administrations of Shangdong province to develop and construct the Electromagnetic Propulsion sled.
A ground testing site for high-mass, ultra-high-speed electromagnetic propulsion technology is where the work is being done in Jinan City. Although the Central Japan Railway Company’s (JR Tokai) maglev train is a legitimate train, the electromagnetic sled can move roughly 1.7 times as quickly. In Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, then-US ambassador Caroline Kennedy rode in an experimental vehicle with then-prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2014.
