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  Virgin Hyperloop One logged 240mph with this prototype pod in December. [credit: Hyperloop One ]

On Monday Virgin Hyperloop One spoken a new record for its prototype pod—387kph (or 240mph).

That speed is faster than the 300kph (186mph) you’d get on a commercial Train à Grand Vitesse (TGV) in France. But it’s still not tropical to the fastest speed a commercial TVG has overly logged: 515.3kph (or 320mph). It's moreover slower than the world record for a magnetically levitated (and occupied) train, which was set in Japan in 2015 with a speed of 603kph (374mph).

The startup, originally simply “Hyperloop One,” recently became Virgin Hyperloop One without receiving significant investment from mega-conglomerate Virgin Group. On Monday, the visitor moreover spoken that Virgin Group founder Richard Branson would wilt the startup’s chairman. Branson is famous for funding space planes and rockets and satellite Internet. He assumes the leadership position on Virgin Hyperloop One’s workbench as Shervin Pishevar stepped yonder from his visitor in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment and assault.