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A test vehicle at China's East Lake High-Speed Railway Lab accelerated from zero to 800 kilometers per hour in just 5.3 seconds — as fast as the cruising speed of a commercial airplane and theoretically fast enough to travel from New York to LA in roughly five hours. It's the third world record broken at the same facility since 2025. The lab's ultimate target is 1,000 km/h, and at this rate of progress, it appears well on track to get there.
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