While Nevada's slow election vote counting has inspired countless memes over the weekend, a new speed milestone was reached in the state when humans successfully traveled in a hyperloop pod for the first time.

Promotional video of the first hyperloop passenger test. Video via Virgin Hyperloop on YouTube.

After running over 400 unoccupied tests at its 500-meter DevLoop test site in Las Vegas, Virgin Hyperloop now catapulted the company's Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Josh Giegel, and Director of Passenger Experience, Sara Luchian, for a thrilling ride through the very short test tunnel.

"The occupants made their maiden voyage on the newly-unveiled XP-2
vehicle, designed by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group and Kilo Design, which was custom-built with occupant safety and comfort in mind," explains a statement released by Virgin Hyperloop. Back in 2016, BIG had announced a joint venture with Aecom and Hyperloop to "transform the future of public infrastructure."

"While the production vehicle will be larger and seat up to 28 passengers," the statement continues, "this 2-seater XP-2 vehicle was built to demonstrate that passengers can in fact safely travel in a
hyperloop vehicle."

"For the past few years, the Virgin Hyperloop team has been working on
turning its ground breaking technology into reality," said Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group. "With today’s successful test, we have shown that this spirit of innovation will in fact change the way people everywhere live, work, and travel in the years to come."

Virgin Hyperloop recently revealed plans to build a $500 million West Virginia Hyperloop Certification Center.