Brightline A private, Florida-based transportation company said it plans to acquire a long-dormant high-speed rail project designed to connect Las Vegas to Southern California. Brightline Trains plans to take up the XpressWest project in hopes of bringing an electric-powered train to the West Coast. The company currently operates high-speed trains in Florida, connecting Miami, Fort […]
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Russian daredevil rams police cars in high-speed pursuit, escapes free (VIDEO)
A Russian daredevil managed to outwit police in a high-speed pursuit, ramming and dodging the police cars before making a dramatic off-road getaway, leaked dashcam footage revealed. In a police dashcam video shared by Telegram viral news channel Mash, the suspect leads police on a chase through Russia’s Voronezh region. Ignoring the cops’ demands to […]
Russian daredevil rams police cars in high-speed pursuit, escapes free (VIDEO)
A Russian daredevil managed to outwit police in a high-speed pursuit, ramming and dodging the police cars before making a dramatic off-road getaway, leaked dashcam footage revealed. In a police dashcam video shared by Telegram viral news channel Mash, the suspect leads police on a chase through Russia’s Voronezh region. Ignoring the cops’ demands to […]
Russian daredevil rams police cars in high-speed pursuit, escapes free (VIDEO)
A Russian daredevil managed to outwit police in a high-speed pursuit, ramming and dodging the police cars before making a dramatic off-road getaway, leaked dashcam footage revealed. In a police dashcam video shared by Telegram viral news channel Mash, the suspect leads police on a chase through Russia’s Voronezh region. Ignoring the cops’ demands to […]
Bridge too far: High-speed truck collision destroys overpass in epic shunt (VIDEO)
A truck driver could face criminal charges for an extraordinary smash that saw their vehicle plow right into a pedestrian bridge, showering a Canadian motorway with animal feed. The spectacular crash, caught on camera by a fellow motorist, occured in Repentigny when the back of the dump truck collided dramatically with a pedestrian overpass, shedding […]
The FCC gave SpaceX the green light to provide high-speed internet via thousands of satellites
Reuters/Mike Blake The Federal Communications Commission approved Elon Musk’s SpaceX plan to build a global broadband network using satellites. The proposed system will use 4,425 satellites. About 14 million rural Americans and 1.2 million Americans on tribal lands lack mobile broadband even at relatively slow speeds. The top U.S. telecommunications regulator on Thursday gave formal […]
Baja Bop: The Jeep Sandstorm Is a Chopped Wrangler Built for High-Speed Desert Abuse
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Spain wants in on Russia's high-speed railway project
The ambitious Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway project has attracted interest from Madrid, according to the Russian Ministry of Transport. The track is a joint project between Russia and China. “State Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Residential Housing of Spain Julio Gomez-Pomar informed Russian Deputy Minister of Transport Alan Lushnikov about Spain’s interest in participating in the […]
Russia developing long-range supersonic drone & unmanned high-speed helicopter
Research and development is under way for Russia’s long-rage supersonic drone and high-speed helicopter, Alexander Nemov, deputy head of the Russian Air Force’s research institute, told Interfax. The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be able to perform “automated supersonic flying missions” and hit enemy targets at various distances. Earlier, Nemov said Russia will continue developing […]
Watch live: SpaceX is quietly launching the first 2 of nearly 12,000 satellites to blanket Earth in high-speed internet
SpaceX/Flickr SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is launching a Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday morning. In addition to a Spanish company’s radar satellite, the launch is expected to send up two experimental SpaceX satellites. The two satellites may test aspects of Starlink, a project to bathe Earth in high-speed internet access. The Starlink plan calls […]