Um veículo sem rodas chegou a 800 km/h em 5,3 segundos — num trilho de apenas 1 quilômetro

A normal train runs on wheels. A maglev train does not. Magnets lift it above the track. So it flies a few centimeters high.

There is no contact with the rail. There is almost no friction. Only the air slows the vehicle down.

In a Chinese laboratory, engineers test a small vehicle. It weighs about one tonne. The track is only one kilometer long. The vehicle reaches 800 kilometers per hour. It takes 5.3 seconds!

But this machine carries no passengers. It is a test platform, not a train. Engineers study the control at high speed. Real trains with people come much later.