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Richard Branson Has Just Launched A Revolutionary Transport System In Dubai That Will Change Everything

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Sir Richard Branson is loving Dubai right now (geddit?!)

The head honcho of the Virgin group has been pictured in Dubai already this year but with a number of businesses including Virgin Mobile and Virgin Radio in the region, visits are expected. But it’s Sunday’s big announcement that’s grabbing headlines.

Branson is an investor in the Hyperloop One project (you know the one that promises to get passengers from Abu Dhabi to Dubai in 12 minutes flat) but the partnership announced yesterday with DP World for transporting cargo might come first.

Hyperloop ONE and DP World are launching DP World Cargospeed

A network that will deliver goods anywhere in the world in just 48 hours

The Cargospeed Hyperloop terminal is situated at Dubai Port, and it will transport your goods at ‘airspeed at the price of landspeed’.

The proposed Hyperloop pods would be used in place of traditional shipping cargo and could transport time sensitive goods anywhere in the world.

The revoulutionary pods would take the place of heavy transport trucks on roads and free up warehouse storage space.

The system could take both passengers and cargo items, passengers during peak hours and goods during quieter periods.

Introducing DP World Cargospeed

The Cargospeed will be tested in three countries 

The proposed system is looking at developing the system at first in Saudi, UAE and India (from Mumbai to Pune) and using only small amounts of electricity, it will be one of the most energy advanced transport systems in the world.

Further details have yet to be unveiled and it’s still early days for a working passenger Hyperloop, with no dates presented at the launch.

The Hyperloop explained

 “The global growth of e-commerce is driving a dramatic shift in both consumer and business behavior. On-demand deliveries are a novelty today. Tomorrow it will be the expectation. DP World Cargospeed systems powered by Virgin Hyperloop One will enable ultra-fast, on-demand deliveries of high-priority goods and can revolutionise logistics, support economic zones, and create thriving economic megaregions.”

Sir Richard Branson

HH Sheikh Mohammed attended the launch on board the historic Queen Elizabeth 2 at Dubai Port

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