0 to 799 km/h in 5.3 seconds!
A 2,447-pound magnetic levitation vehicle has accelerated from rest to 497 miles per hour in only 5.3 seconds on a 0.62 miles (one kilometer) test track at Donghu Laboratory in China’s Hubei province.
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-maglev-speed-record
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