Virgin Hyperloop ya kammala gwajin gwaji na farko na mutum

Kungiyar Richard Branson ta sanar da cewa a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 2020, fasinjojin farko sun yi tafiya cikin aminci. Budurwa Hyperloop - yin tarihin sufuri.

Yanayin da ake kira na biyar na sufuri ya samu nasarar kammala gwajin gwajin mutum na farko na tsarin jigilar kwafsa mai saurin gaske a cikin Hamada ta Nevada.

Jiya, shuwagabannin Virgin Hyperloop, Josh Giegel, babban jami'in fasaha, da Sara Luchian, darakta mai kula da fasinjojin, sun fashe da wuta har zuwa 107mph (172kph) ta hanyar DevLoop - hanyar gwaji a Las Vegas wacce ta kai mita 500 da mita 3.3 a ciki diamita - a cikin tafiya wacce ta ɗauki sakan 15 kawai.

Virgin Hyperloop tayi ikirarin cewa ta gudanar da wasu gwaje-gwaje marasa matuka guda 400, amma wannan gwajin na baya-bayan nan da aka gudanar shine babbar matsala ta gaba da ta shafi karfin wutar lantarki ta hanyar karfin maganadisu ta wani bututun dake kusa da wuri. Fasaha, idan har ta kai ga yin amfani, tana da damar da ake da ita sosai don kawo sauyi ga jigilar mutane da jigilar kayayyaki. 

Babban hadafin shine safarar fasinjoji da kaya ta hanyar bututu a cikin tafiya mai nisan mil 670 (1,079km), a gudun mil 600 a awa daya (966kph) ko fiye. Misali, tafiya daga New York zuwa Washington (kilomita 328/204) ana sa ran zai ɗauki mintuna 30 kawai, idan har Hyperloop ya zama gaskiya. Akasin haka, Shanghai Maglev ya yi la'akari da jirgin jirgin sama mafi sauri a Duniya - zai iya kaiwa zuwa saurin 'kawai' kusan 300mph (482kph).

Fasaha ta yi alkawarin tafiye-tafiye wanda ya ninka saurin abin da za a iya samu ta hanyar jirgin sama na kasuwanci da kuma sau hudu kamar na Amurka mai saurin jirgin kasa a halin yanzu. Virgin yana nufin samun takaddar kariya ga Hyperloop ta 2025 kuma ta kasance cikin kasuwancin kasuwanci ta 2030. 

"Tare da gwajin fasinjojinmu na yau, mun sami nasarar amsa wannan tambayar, yana nuna cewa ba wai kawai Virgin Hyperloop zai iya sanya mutum cikin aminci a cikin mawuyacin yanayi ba, amma cewa kamfanin yana da kyakkyawar hanyar kiyaye lafiya," in ji Jay Walder, shugaban Virgin Hyperloop zartarwa yace.

Har yanzu akwai damuwar tsaro da yawa game da tsarin, ba tare da la'akari da nasarar gwajin da aka samu ba, musamman ma game da yadda fasaha za ta bunkasa, da kuma yadda za ta kasance mai aminci daga bala'o'in yanayi da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na ban tsoro. 

Babu wata ƙasa da ta ba da izini bisa ƙa'ida don ci gaban irin wannan tsarin jigilar jama'a, amma duk da haka masu fasaha suna da fatan cewa sabon zamanin sufuri na iya kasancewa daidai.