West Virginia site chosen for Virgin high-speed travel facility

West Virginia site chosen for Virgin high-speed travel facility
Virgin chief Richard Branson (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Virgin Hyperloop One will build a certification centre in West Virginia for the high-speed transportation concept that uses enclosed pods to zip passengers underground at over 600 mph.

The company had received bids from more than a dozen states in the past year to build a six-mile testing track and other safety facilities over hundreds of acres for the electromagnetic levitation transportation technology.

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